Surname Saganić in modern Croatia

Saganić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Cres. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Losinj and in Rijeka. In Miholašćica on the Island of Cres every second inhabitant had the family name Saganić.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Saganić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (45), Martinscica in Bakr area (20), Zagreb (10), Cres on the Island of Cres (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Saganić (including: Saganich , Saganic and Saganiec ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Saganic " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Saganich " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Saganiec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alma Saganić, Ivana Saganić, Sandra Saganić, Denis Saganić, Miljenko Saganić, Silvia Saganić, Ida Saganić, Mirjana Saganić, Ivo Saganić, Bruno Saganić, Atilia Saganić, Karmen Saganić, Valter Saganić, Ani Saganić, Jasna Saganić, Iva Saganić, Paola Saganić, Alfred Saganić, Boris Saganić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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