Surname Parag in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Parag families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), barely Hungarians (from Pakrac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Parag live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Gola in Djurdjevac area (15), Hudovljani in Koprivnica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Lipik (<10), and in Pakrac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Parag (including: Paraghi , Parrag , Paragh , Parragh , Parraghi , Paragg , Paraghe , Paraggi and Paragho ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Parag " is used by some 9000 people in Bangladesh , about 600 in South Africa , and some 300 people in the United States. "Parragh " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States. "Parraghi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Parag, Gordana Parag, Blaženko Parag, Draga Parag, Marija Parag, Nikola Parag, Ivica Parag, Tihomir Parag, Ivan Parag, Marijana Parag, Ivana Parag, Mladen Parag, Zdenko Parag, Željko Parag, Daniel Parag, Vinko Parag, Mirjana Parag, Stjepan Parag, Vesna Parag

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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