Surname Prgeša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prgeša families are Croats (from Knin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Knin. In Lukar in Knin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Prgeša.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Prgeša live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Knin (<10), Zadar (<5), Kastel Stafilic (<5), and in Kastel Stari (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prgeša is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Branko Prgeša, Snježana Prgeša, Lovro Prgeša, Margareta Prgeša, Milka Prgeša, Ante Prgeša, Nediljka Prgeša, Drago Prgeša, Mile Prgeša, Tihomir Prgeša, Karmen Prgeša, Miroslav Prgeša, Vjekoslava Prgeša, Zvonko Prgeša, Josip Prgeša, Mirjana Prgeša, Nives Prgeša, Marko Prgeša, Ana Prgeša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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