Surname Čugalj in modern Croatia

Čugalj families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , but often Croats (also from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Osijek. In Gornji Žirovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Čugalj.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Čugalj live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Jagodnjak in Beli Manastir area (15), Rijeka (10), Zagreb (10), Budimci in Nasice area (<10), and in Tenja (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čugalj (including: Cugalj , Cugaly , Chaugali , Chugali and Cugali ) is present in 12 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Branka Čugalj, Zoran Čugalj, Nadia Čugalj, Katica Čugalj, Ivana Čugalj, Stevan Čugalj, Danka Čugalj, Sunčica Čugalj, Tomislav Čugalj, Jelena Čugalj, Goran Čugalj, Mirjana Čugalj, Vlado Čugalj, Slavko Čugalj, Mira Čugalj, Aleksandar Čugalj, Sanja Čugalj, Radoslav Čugalj, Brankica Čugalj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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