Surname Somogji in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Somogji families are Croats (from Ludbreg ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Somogji live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Martijanec in Ludbreg area (<10), Ludbreg (<5), Zagreb (<5), Koprivnica (<5), and in Hrastovsko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Somogji is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Somogji " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Somogyi " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Somogji, Tomislav Somogji, Zvonimir Somogji, Zdravko Somogji, Danijela Somogji, Karla Somogji, Gjuro Somogji, Marta Somogji, Irena Somogji, Aleksandar Somogji, Matija Somogji, Teodora Somogji, Ivan Somogji, Matej Somogji, Nada Somogji, Đuro Somogji, Franjo Somogji, Ruža Somogji, Marija Somogji

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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