Surname Zagorac in modern Croatia

Zagorac families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Zagreb. In Desni Degoj in Glina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Zagorac.

Prevalence

About 690 people with faimily name Zagorac live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 880 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Split (45), Desni Degoj (40), Velika Gorica (35), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (2), Australia (2), the United States (2), France (2), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Zagorac is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Zagorac " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 70 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Milan Zagorac, Nebojša Zagorac, Željko Zagorac, Ivan Zagorac, Stjepan Zagorac, Milenko Zagorac, Branko Zagorac, Rolando Zagorac, Josip Zagorac, Ivana Zagorac, Antonela Zagorac, Davor Zagorac, Dejana Zagorac, Mladen Zagorac, Sanja Zagorac, Ivo Zagorac, Vladimir Zagorac, Želimir Zagorac, Bojan Zagorac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1669 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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