Surname Vugec in modern Croatia

Vugec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zapresic. In Hrebine in Zapresic area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Vugec.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Vugec live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Donja Pusca in Zapresic area (50), Zagreb (35), Zapresic (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vugec is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Davor Vugec, Vida Vugec, Dubravka Vugec, Zdenko Vugec, Biserka Vugec, Natalie Vugec, Darko Vugec, Damir Vugec, Snježana Vugec, Franjo Vugec, Marijana Vugec, Valentino Vugec, Sandra Vugec, Štefica Vugec, Božidar Vugec, Helena Vugec, Marina Vugec, Marijan Vugec, Božica Vugec

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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