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Surname Čolja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Čolja families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Varazdin.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Čolja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Ljubescica in Varazdin area (15), Zagreb (15), Novi Marof (<10), Remetinec (<10), and in Varazdin (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Čolja (including: Colja , Collia , Colia , Cioglia , Cholia , Coglia , Choliha , Cholja and Colya ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Colia " is used by some 600 people in Italy , about 400 in Indonesia , and some 100 people in the United States. "Cholia " is used by some 90 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.
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Characteristic first names
Marija Čolja,
Damir Čolja,
Nikola Čolja,
Ana Čolja,
Hrvoje Čolja,
Sandra Čolja,
Miroslav Čolja,
Nataša Čolja,
Manuela Čolja,
Danijela Čolja,
Antonio Čolja,
Mladen Čolja,
Milan Čolja,
Zlatko Čolja,
Marijana Čolja,
Ivana Čolja,
Božena Čolja,
Dražen Čolja,
Dunja Čolja