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Surname Protega in modern Croatia
Protega families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 200 people with faimily name Protega live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Sibenik (110), Zagreb (20), Dubrava kod Sibenika (20), Split (10), and in Rijeka (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Protega is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Protega " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Josip Protega,
Goran Protega,
Veselko Protega,
Marijan Protega,
Mate Protega,
Marijana Protega,
Zoran Protega,
Snježana Protega,
Ivana Protega,
Vinka Protega,
Ozana Protega,
Nevenka Protega,
Dragana Protega,
Neven Protega,
Adela Protega,
Robert Protega,
Željko Protega,
Ive Protega,
Tomislav Protega
