Surname Šalaja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šalaja families are Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Kutina. In Novo Selo in Sisak every third inhabitant had the family name Šalaja.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šalaja live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Novo Selo (<10), Sisak (<5), and in Vukovije in Daruvar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šalaja (including: Salaya , Salaja , Shalaya , Salaia , Shalaja , Shyalaja , Salayya , Salalya , Shialaja and Sallaya ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Salaja " is used by some 100 people in Finland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Shalaja " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirjana Šalaja, Ivan Šalaja, Đurđica Šalaja, Jure Šalaja, Đuro Šalaja, Jelena Šalaja, Milan Šalaja, Stana Šalaja, Marija Šalaja, Anka Šalaja, Slavka Šalaja, Tomislav Šalaja, Nada Šalaja, Milka Šalaja, Jelka Šalaja, Najka Šalaja, Zdenka Šalaja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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