Surname Sigović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sigović families are Croats (from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Cres.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Sigović live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Cres on the Island of Cres (<10), Nerezine on the Island of Losinj (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Veli Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), the Netherlands (1), and to France (1).
Family name Sigović (including: Sigovich , Sigovic ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Sigovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Serđo Sigović, Franko Sigović, Paolo Sigović, Tina Sigović, Roberto Sigović, Željka Sigović, Marino Sigović, Lorenca Sigović, Vesna Sigović, Marija Sigović, Marko Sigović, Valentina Sigović, Antonia Sigović, Stjepan Sigović, Anselmo Sigović, Ivan Sigović, Ivanka Sigović, Klementina Sigović, Lino Sigović

Mentions in sources

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

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