Surname Batalija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Batalija families are Croats (from Pula area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Sipovo area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area).

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Batalija live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and two other places, mostly in Medulin in Pula area (<5), Slatine (<5), Zagreb (<5), Trogir (<5), and in Knin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Batalija (including: Bataliya , Bathaliya and Bhataliya ) is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Dario Batalija, Brankica Batalija, Tomislav Batalija, Ivana Batalija, Slobodan Batalija, Slavko Batalija, Zdravko Batalija, Mario Batalija, Svjetlana Batalija, Ankica Batalija, Ivan Batalija, Karlo Batalija, Ljubica Batalija, Mirko Batalija, Gabrijel Batalija, Frano Batalija, Stanislava Batalija, Marko Batalija, Nevenka Batalija

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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