Surname Veg in modern Croatia

Veg families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area , less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Veg live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Bjelovar (<10), Djakovo (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veg (including: Végh , Weg , Vegh , Veggi , Wegh , Weeg , Vegha , Veegh and Veghi ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Vegh " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 800 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Veegh " is used by small number of people in Austria and small number in the United States. "Weg " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 400 in Ethiopia , and some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljudevit Veg, Stevan Veg, Ivan Veg, Tomislav Veg, Višnja Veg, Vedran Veg, Anđa Veg, Velimir Veg, Ištvan Veg, Milan Veg, Antal Veg, Marijan Veg, Marina Veg, Mihael Veg, Barbara Veg, Amalija Veg, Vesna Veg, Damir Veg, Edvard Veg

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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