Surname Minga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Minga families are Croats (from Zadar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Vinkovci. In Sedramić in Drnis every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Minga.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Minga live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (10), Sedramic (<10), Trogir (<10), Privlaka (<10), and in Privlaka in Zadar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Minga (including: Mhinga , Mingga , Minggia , Minghua , Minggah , Hminga , Mingha and Mienga ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Minggia " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Minghua " is used by some 70 people in Japan and small number in the United States. "Hminga " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Minga, Mario Minga, Željko Minga, Ana Minga, Matko Minga, Mirjana Minga, Jagoda Minga, Marija Minga, Tamara Minga, Ivana Minga, Roko Minga, Marijan Minga, Irena Minga, Ivan Minga, Josip Minga, Igor Minga, Jasna Minga, Anka Minga, Katarina Minga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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