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Surname Čengija in modern Croatia
Čengija families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area). In Stari Majdan in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čengija.
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Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Čengija live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Posavski Podgajci in Zupanja area (10), Dajla (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Obrezina (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Čengija (including: Chengiya , Cengija ) is present in five countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Josip Čengija,
Sanja Čengija,
Mario Čengija,
Nedjeljka Čengija,
Zoran Čengija,
Ivo Čengija,
Samanta Čengija,
Nedeljko Čengija,
Tomislav Čengija,
Katica Čengija,
Zlatan Čengija,
Milan Čengija,
Elvis Čengija,
Ivana Čengija,
Ivan Čengija,
Dario Čengija,
Lana Čengija,
Žarko Čengija,
Renata Čengija
