Surname Prigorac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prigorac families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In Desni Štefanki in Jastrebarsko area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Prigorac.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Prigorac live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 7 other places, mostly in Desni Stefanki in Jastrebarsko area (15), Zagreb (<10), Lasinja in Jastrebarsko area (<10), Kupinecki Kraljevec (<5), and in Bratina in Jastrebarsko area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prigorac is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Prigorac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Prigorac, Kata Prigorac, Božica Prigorac, Tomislav Prigorac, Slađana Prigorac, Nikolina Prigorac, Ivan Prigorac, Mirko Prigorac, Ivica Prigorac, Tomica Prigorac, Mirjana Prigorac, Vlatka Prigorac, Vlado Prigorac, Stjepan Prigorac, Milan Prigorac, Ljubica Prigorac, Željka Prigorac, Marino Prigorac, Željko Prigorac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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