Surname Orsag in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Orsag live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (15), Zlatar (15), Greda in Ivanec area (10), and in Slavonski Brod (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Orsag (including: Orság , Országh , Ország , Orszag , Orsagh and Orszagh ) is present in 28 countries on four continents. The family name "Orsag " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Bolivia. "Orszag " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number in France. "Orsagh " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Silvije Orsag, Ivana Orsag, Ivan Orsag, Sanja Orsag, Željko Orsag, Hrvoje Orsag, Karmelina Orsag, Edo Orsag, Dragutin Orsag, Goran Orsag, Zlatko Orsag, Branka Orsag, Marija Orsag, Marinko Orsag, Davor Orsag, Marina Orsag, Roman Orsag, Jadranka Orsag, Silvestar Orsag

Mentions in sources

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

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