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Surname Žigante in modern Croatia
Žigante families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and Pula. In Sovinjska Brda in Buzet every eighth inhabitant had the family name Žigante.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Žigante live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Buzet (15), Rijeka (10), Umag (<10), Porec (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Žigante is present in 14 countries on four continents.
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Characteristic first names
Sandra Žigante,
Diana Žigante,
Alen Žigante,
Anja Žigante,
Edvin Žigante,
Josip Žigante,
Mark Žigante,
Samanta Žigante,
Andreja Žigante,
Damir Žigante,
Boris Žigante,
Danijela Žigante,
Dragana Žigante,
Darinka Žigante,
Ljiljana Žigante,
Željko Žigante,
Serđo Žigante,
Arđeo Žigante,
Dubravka Žigante
