Surname Vagner in modern Croatia

Vagner families are Croats and they are mostly from Kutina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Vagner live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Bjelovar (15), Kutina (15), Rijeka (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Vagner (including: Wagner , Vágner , Wágner , Waggner , Waagner , Wagnner and Wagnerr ) is present in 145 countries worldwide. "Wagner " is used by some 500000 people in Germany , about 400000 in the United States , and some 200000 people in Brazil. "Waggner " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Waagner " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Denmark , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Jelka Vagner, Vladimir Vagner, Dario Vagner, Vlado Vagner, Ernest Vagner, Boris Vagner, Borjana Vagner, Sonja Vagner, Saša Vagner, Mladen Vagner, Maja Vagner, Ivana Vagner, Marina Vagner, Anton Vagner, Renata Vagner, Zlatko Vagner, Dalibor Vagner, Zoran Vagner, Dragutin Vagner

Mentions in sources

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

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