Surname Šugar in modern Croatia

Šugar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag , rarely Hungarians from Vinkovaca. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and on the Island of Pag.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Šugar live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Pula (50), Zagreb (25), Kolan on the Island of Pag (25), Cvitici in Labin area (20), and in Nustar in Vinkovci area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), France (2), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Šugar (including: Sugar , Shugar , Sughar , Schugar , Suggar , Sugár , Szuggar , Schmugar , Shugaar and Shugarr ) is present in 101 countries worldwide. The family name "Sugar " is used by some 7000 people in Mongolia , about 7000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Hungary. "Shugar " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 100 people in Canada. "Schugar " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Bolivia.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šugar, Violeta Šugar, Danijel Šugar, Boris Šugar, Ivana Šugar, Mirjana Šugar, Vladimir Šugar, Branko Šugar, Milena Šugar, Emil Šugar, Adriana Šugar, Snježana Šugar, Pavle Šugar, Barbara Šugar, Edo Šugar, Antonija Šugar, Sonja Šugar, Ivica Šugar, Krešimir Šugar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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