Surname Vešligaj in modern Croatia

Vešligaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pregrada. In Hromec in Krapina area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Vešligaj.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Vešligaj live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (190), Hromec in Krapina area (35), Cigrovec (25), Kostelsko (20), and in Dugo Selo (15).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (4) and the United States (1).
Family name Vešligaj (including: Vesligaj , Vesligay and Vesligai ) is present in 8 countries on two continents. The family name "Vesligaj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vesligai " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Vešligaj, Vesna Vešligaj, Nikola Vešligaj, Marijan Vešligaj, Stjepan Vešligaj, Stanka Vešligaj, Davor Vešligaj, Draženka Vešligaj, Josip Vešligaj, Dubravka Vešligaj, Doris Vešligaj, Zdravko Vešligaj, Tomislav Vešligaj, Sanja Vešligaj, Hrvoje Vešligaj, Božica Vešligaj, Daniel Vešligaj, Zdenka Vešligaj, Miroslav Vešligaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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