Surname Paraga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Paraga families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Paraga live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Orahovica (10), Sredice Gornje in Bjelovar area (<10), Vrbovec (<5), and in Sveta Nedelja in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Paraga is present in 37 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Dobroslav Paraga, Ružica Paraga, Dubravko Paraga, Ana Paraga, Slađana Paraga, Zlatko Paraga, Ljiljana Paraga, Dunja Paraga, Katarina Paraga, Stjepan Paraga, Franjo Paraga, Rudolf Paraga, Biljana Paraga, Ivan Paraga, Mira Paraga, Marija Paraga, Zoran Paraga, Branka Paraga, Marinko Paraga

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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