Surname Rugani in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rugani families are Croats (from Ivanec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Slovenia. In Brezje Dravsko in Ivanec area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Rugani.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Rugani live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Cestica in Ivanec area (15), Varazdin (<10), Brezje Dravsko in Ivanec area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rugani (including: Rughani , Rughwani and Erugani ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Rugani " is used by some 400 people in Brazil , about 400 in Italy , and some 300 people in the United States. "Rughwani " is used by some 80 people in Indonesia , small number in United Arab Emirates , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Rugani, Srečko Rugani, Kristijan Rugani, Marijan Rugani, Krunoslav Rugani, Katarina Rugani, Vera Rugani, Miljenko Rugani, Branka Rugani, Vojko Rugani, Predrag Rugani, Sandra Rugani, Ivan Rugani, Jasmine Rugani, Sanja Rugani, Ivanka Rugani, Antun Rugani, Stjepan Rugani, Franjo Rugani

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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