Surname Vegh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vegh families are almost entirely Croats (from Koprivnica ), barely Hungarians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Vegh live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Bjelovar (<10), Koprivnica (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Heresin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vegh (including: Végh , Wegh , Vegchel , Weegh and Veegh ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "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. "Wegh " is used by some 200 people in the Netherlands , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Damir Vegh, Danijel Vegh, Željko Vegh, Tibor Vegh, Marija Vegh, Josip Vegh, Miroslav Vegh, Tatjana Vegh, Vitomir Vegh, Ines Vegh, Ladislav Vegh, Ninoslav Vegh, Željka Vegh, Darko Vegh, Helena Vegh, Margita Vegh, Đuro Vegh, Ivan Vegh, Martina Vegh

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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