Surname Strganac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Strganac families are almost entirely Croats (from Lipik ), very rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lipik and in Vinkovci area. In Gaj in Lipik every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Strganac.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Strganac live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and four other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Dalj in Vinkovci area (<10), Gaj (<10), Kutina (<5), and in Bilje in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Strganac is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Strganac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Strganac, Tomislav Strganac, Mijo Strganac, Ljiljana Strganac, Blaž Strganac, Melita Strganac, Marijan Strganac, Maja Strganac, Ilija Strganac, Ivan Strganac, Josip Strganac, Đuro Strganac, Mladen Strganac, Andrija Strganac, Marijana Strganac, Marica Strganac, Ivanka Strganac, Gordana Strganac, Vesna Strganac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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