Surname Sontag in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sontag families are generally Croats (from North Herzegovina ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Pula area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area). In Bradina in North Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Sontag.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Sontag live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Sesvete (<10), Pula (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Medulin in Pula area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sontag (including: Sonntag , Szontagh , Sontagh , Sontág , Sonntág and Szonntagh ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "Sontag " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Sontagh " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number of people in the United States. "Sonntag " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Sontag, Slavko Sontag, Fadila Sontag, Jasna Sontag, Milica Sontag, Vedrana Sontag, Boris Sontag, Zoran Sontag, Davorka Sontag, Bruno Sontag, Zdenka Sontag, Marijan Sontag, Mirjana Sontag, Darko Sontag, Rudolf Sontag, Radmila Sontag, Christian Sontag, Bojan Sontag, Ivona Sontag

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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