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Surname Tanjga in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Tanjga families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin and Labin. In Oćestovo in Knin every ninth inhabitant had the family name Tanjga.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Tanjga live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Ocestovo (20), Knin (<10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Benkovac (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Austria (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Tanjga (including: Taniga , Thaniga ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Tanjga " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.
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Characteristic first names
Ivana Tanjga,
Radojka Tanjga,
Alenka Tanjga,
Petar Tanjga,
Rade Tanjga,
Đuka Tanjga,
Mirko Tanjga,
Veljko Tanjga,
Valter Tanjga,
Mile Tanjga,
Rosana Tanjga,
Mitja Tanjga,
Slađan Tanjga,
Jovan Tanjga,
Marija Tanjga,
Marta Tanjga,
Jovanka Tanjga,
Stana Tanjga,
Silva Tanjga