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Surname Batelja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Batelja families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Karlovac. In Rastoki in Jastrebarsko every third inhabitant had the family name Batelja.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Batelja live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Rastoki (20), Zagreb (<10), Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Batelja (including: Bhatelia , Bathelia and Batelia ) is present in 6 countries on four continents.
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Characteristic first names
Juraj Batelja,
Marija Batelja,
Ivana Batelja,
Đurđica Batelja,
Valentina Batelja,
Nada Batelja,
Franjo Batelja,
Stjepan Batelja,
Ružica Batelja,
Nikola Batelja,
Sonja Batelja,
Ankica Batelja,
Kristijan Batelja,
Damir Batelja,
Vjekoslava Batelja,
Zvonimir Batelja,
Ivanka Batelja,
Zvonko Batelja,
Dana Batelja