Surname Čohilj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čohilj families are Croats (from Buzet area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Buzet area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Čohilj live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Boljun in Buzet area (<10), Split (<5), Kastav (<5), and in Pazin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čohilj (including: Cohilj , Choheli and Chohilli ) is present in 9 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Čohilj, Petra Čohilj, Silvana Čohilj, Nada Čohilj, Vera Čohilj, Luka Čohilj, Mateja Čohilj, Melita Čohilj, Sanja Čohilj, Irma Čohilj, Aldo Čohilj, Gvido Čohilj, Mirella Čohilj, Marino Čohilj, Dolores Čohilj, Marija Čohilj, Antonija Čohilj, Edmea Čohilj, Ivan Čohilj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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