Surname Vegar in modern Croatia

Vegar families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac. According to some sources the family name originates from France or Germany. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area). In Prapatnice in Vrgorac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Vegar.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Vegar live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Prapatnice (20), Zagreb (20), Vrgorac (15), Split (15), and in Stilja (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vegar (including: Weegar , Wegar and Veghar ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Vegar " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Spain , and small number in New Zealand. "Wegar " is used by few people in the United States. "Weegar " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Cuba , and some 100 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Vegar, Slavko Vegar, Krešo Vegar, Goran Vegar, Marijana Vegar, Vedran Vegar, Ida Vegar, Tino Vegar, Radmila Vegar, Robert Vegar, Jasna Vegar, Dragana Vegar, Željana Vegar, Štefanija Vegar, Klaudija Vegar, Ivica Vegar, Miro Vegar, Ines Vegar, Marinela Vegar

Mentions in sources

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

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