Surname Negovec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Negovec live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Skriljevec (15), Varazdin (<10), Beretinec in Varazdin area (<10), and in Prelog (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Negovec is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Negovec, Sandra Negovec, Stjepan Negovec, Miroslav Negovec, Kristina Negovec, Andrija Negovec, Mario Negovec, Alen Negovec, Snježana Negovec, Tanja Negovec, Martina Negovec, Perica Negovec, Dubravka Negovec, Srečko Negovec, Nedjeljko Negovec, Marija Negovec, Renata Negovec, Lidija Negovec, Damir Negovec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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