Surname Saraga in modern Croatia

Saraga families are Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Saraga live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Ugljan on the Island of Ugljan (15), Petina (<10), Kobilic (<10), and in Sasi (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Saraga (including: Sarraga , Sharaga , Saragga , Saragah and Saeraga ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Sarraga " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 300 in Puerto Rico , and some 200 people in the United States. "Sharaga " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany , small number of people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Saraga, Roko Saraga, Saša Saraga, Brankica Saraga, Hrvoje Saraga, Željka Saraga, Spomenka Saraga, Ninoslav Saraga, Zdravko Saraga, Nadica Saraga, Ivana Saraga, Željko Saraga, Vjekoslav Saraga, Ivan Saraga, Ana Saraga, Marija Saraga, Nevena Saraga, Josip Saraga, Ljiljana Saraga

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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