Surname Vego in modern Croatia

Vego families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Metkovic.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Vego live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Metkovic (25), Split (<10), Ploce (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vego (including: Wego , Veggio , Wegho and Weego ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Vego " is used by some 700 people in the Philippines , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Weego " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lana Vego, Diana Vego, Snježana Vego, Lidija Vego, Mirko Vego, Ana Vego, Vesna Vego, Ivica Vego, Violeta Vego, Mira Vego, Maja Vego, Zlatko Vego, Marko Vego, Mario Vego, Dalibor Vego, Krešimir Vego, Marijana Vego, Teo Vego, Dijana Vego

Mentions in sources

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

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