Surname Wagner in modern Croatia

Wagner families are Croats and they are mostly from Pakrac. According to some sources the family name originates from Wiener Neustadt (Austria). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Wagner live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Varazdin (15), Dubrovnik (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Veliki Zdenci (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (14), Austria (3), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Wagner (including: Wágner , Waggner , Waagner , Wagnner and Wagnerr ) is present in 140 countries worldwide. The family name "Wagner " is used by some 500000 people in Germany , about 400000 in the United States , and some 200000 people in Brazil. "Wagnerr " is used by small number of people in Brazil and small number of people in the United States. "Waggner " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavoljub Wagner, Nikša Wagner, Jadranka Wagner, Vladimir Wagner, Marko Wagner, Antun Wagner, Mario Wagner, Morana Wagner, Zdenka Wagner, Dejan Wagner, Luka Wagner, Jasna Wagner, Georg Wagner, Josip Wagner, Lucija Wagner, Damir Wagner, Dubravko Wagner, Ivana Wagner, Jasmina Wagner

Mentions in sources

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

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