Surname Vargašević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vargašević families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod area and in Pozega. In Grižići in Slavonski Brod area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Vargašević.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Vargašević live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Grizici in Slavonski Brod area (20), Zagreb (10), Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Alaginci (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vargašević is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Vargasevic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Adam Vargašević, Nenad Vargašević, Krešimir Vargašević, Mijo Vargašević, Zvonko Vargašević, Pavica Vargašević, Branka Vargašević, Karolina Vargašević, Ivan Vargašević, Vinko Vargašević, Josip Vargašević, Ivana Vargašević, Martin Vargašević, Maja Vargašević, Višnja Vargašević, Ilija Vargašević, Živka Vargašević, Jadranka Vargašević, Antun Vargašević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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