Surname Nogalo in modern Croatia

Nogalo families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Nogalo live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Makarska (30), Slivno in Imotski area (20), Zagreb (20), Split (20), and in Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nogalo is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Nogalo " is used by small number of people in the Philippines , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Nogalo, Boro Nogalo, Miro Nogalo, Marijan Nogalo, Marija Nogalo, Ivona Nogalo, Filomena Nogalo, Darko Nogalo, Andrija Nogalo, Meri Nogalo, Dobrinka Nogalo, Slobodan Nogalo, Suzana Nogalo, Perica Nogalo, Zlatko Nogalo, Dubravka Nogalo, Jozo Nogalo, Petar Nogalo, Vlado Nogalo

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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