Surname Veriga in modern Croatia

Veriga families are Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Virovitica.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Veriga live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Slatina (10), Visnjevac (<10), Sopje in Slatina area (<10), and in Kuzminec in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veriga is present in 22 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Alen Veriga, Marica Veriga, Vesna Veriga, Darko Veriga, Branka Veriga, Nataša Veriga, Krasnodar Veriga, Denis Veriga, Gabrijela Veriga, Marko Veriga, Vjekoslav Veriga, Mirela Veriga, Ivica Veriga, Josip Veriga, Dražen Veriga, Damir Veriga, Nada Veriga, Ana Veriga, Mijo Veriga

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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