Surname Prežigalo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prežigalo families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Prežigalo live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (25), Selno in Krapina area (15), Oroslavje (<5), Maturovec in Krapina area (<5), and in Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prežigalo is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Ladislav Prežigalo, Juraj Prežigalo, Jadranka Prežigalo, Marijan Prežigalo, Vlasta Prežigalo, Snježana Prežigalo, Ivan Prežigalo, Dražen Prežigalo, Božica Prežigalo, Robertino Prežigalo, Josipa Prežigalo, Vesna Prežigalo, Petra Prežigalo, Jurica Prežigalo, Krešo Prežigalo, Damir Prežigalo, Josip Prežigalo, Stanka Prežigalo, Vladislav Prežigalo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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