Surname Vegi in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vegi families are generally Croats (from Prelog area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Vegi live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Cakovec (<5), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<5), Petlovac in Beli Manastir area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Donji Mihaljevec in Prelog area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vegi (including: Veggi , Wegi , Veegi , Weggi , Wegie , Veghi and Vegie ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Vegie " is used by few people in the United States. "Wegie " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Vegi, Roman Vegi, Zlatko Vegi, Anica Vegi, Margareta Vegi, Damjan Vegi, Ivana Vegi, Josip Vegi, Stjepan Vegi, Željko Vegi, Ladislav Vegi, Katarina Vegi, Saša Vegi, Marija Vegi, Tin Vegi, Pavel Vegi, Erik Vegi, Slava Vegi, Tereza Vegi

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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