Surname Rogan in modern Croatia

Rogan families are ponajvise Croats the family name originates from Vrbovca area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Petrinja. In Strupići in East Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Rogan.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Rogan live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Poznanovec in Lepoglava area (25), Mala Gorica (15), Kutina (10), and in Kraljev Vrh in Vrbovec area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rogan (including: Erogan , Rogahn , Roggan , Roghman , Roghan , Roghmann and Rogann ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Rogan " is used by some 9000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Australia , and some 1000 people in the Philippines. "Rogahn " is used by some 300 people in Germany and about 200 in the United States. "Roggan " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 70 in Nepal , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Rogan, Blaženka Rogan, Irena Rogan, Stjepan Rogan, Velimir Rogan, Petar Rogan, Dalibor Rogan, Drago Rogan, Dinko Rogan, Nikolina Rogan, Marijana Rogan, Milan Rogan, Nebojša Rogan, Sandra Rogan, Nenad Rogan, Anica Rogan, Zlatko Rogan, Vladimir Rogan, Igor Rogan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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