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Surname Ćalina in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Ćalina families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Slunj area. In Blata in Slunj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ćalina.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Ćalina live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Plaski in Slunj area (20), Rijeka (10), Karlovac (10), Zagreb (<5), and in Petrinja (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ćalina (including: Calina , Chalina , Chkalina , Chialina , Chvalina , Callina and Chalinah ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. "Callina " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in Italy.
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Characteristic first names
Željko Ćalina,
Milan Ćalina,
Rade Ćalina,
Dragana Ćalina,
Dražen Ćalina,
Zoran Ćalina,
Andreja Ćalina,
Željka Ćalina,
Mira Ćalina,
Nevena Ćalina,
Nada Ćalina,
Bogdanka Ćalina,
Nikola Ćalina,
Dušan Ćalina,
Dragica Ćalina,
Spase Ćalina,
Đuro Ćalina,
Đurđica Ćalina,
Bosiljka Ćalina