Surname Čarija in modern Croatia

Čarija families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir and Split.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Čarija live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Trogir (115), Seget Donji in Trogir area (40), Split (20), Seget Vranjica in Trogir area (20), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čarija (including: Carija , Cariya , Chariya , Cariyah , Chhariya , Cariera , Chariyah , Chaerijah , Chaariya and Charyya ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Carija " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany. "Cariera " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Čarija, Antoanela Čarija, Robert Čarija, Martina Čarija, Ivan Čarija, Tomislav Čarija, Luka Čarija, Helga Čarija, Dina Čarija, Nikola Čarija, Ana Čarija, Mandica Čarija, Renato Čarija, Danijela Čarija, Siniša Čarija, Antonija Čarija, Wilai Čarija, Dušan Čarija, Pavle Čarija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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