Surname Maligec in modern Croatia

Maligec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Maligec live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Gornje Jesenje in Krapina area (35), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (15), Pazin (<10), and in Bilje in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Maligec is present in five countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Andrea Maligec, Ivica Maligec, Gordana Maligec, Damir Maligec, Jadranko Maligec, Milivoj Maligec, Magda Maligec, Milan Maligec, Stjepan Maligec, Ivan Maligec, Nadica Maligec, Boris Maligec, Štefica Maligec, Dalibor Maligec, Dražen Maligec, Edi Maligec, Mladen Maligec, Krešimir Maligec, Branko Maligec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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