Surname Rogelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rogelj families are generally Croats (from Krizevci ), very rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Krizevci.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Rogelj live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Krizevci (<10), Gregurovec in Krizevci area (<5), Koprivnica (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Stupno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rogelj is present in 12 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Sandra Rogelj, Tomislav Rogelj, Roman Rogelj, Ivica Rogelj, Tea Rogelj, Peter Rogelj, Josip Rogelj, Maja Rogelj, Marina Rogelj, Martin Rogelj, Irena Rogelj, Vojko Rogelj, Ivan Rogelj, Anka Rogelj, Marko Rogelj, Kata Rogelj, Valentin Rogelj, Bara Rogelj, Vinko Rogelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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