Surname Belaj in modern Croatia

Belaj families are often Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci , less frequently Slovaks (Nasice). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Belaj live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Osijek (30), Cubinec (20), Varazdin (15), and in Rasinja in Koprivnica area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Belaj (including: Belay , Belhaj , Belai , Bellaaj , Bellaj , Bellay , Belhay , Belaly and Belahy ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. "Belay " is used by some 700000 people in Ethiopia , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Eritrea.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Belaj, Branimir Belaj, Janko Belaj, Vitomir Belaj, Marijana Belaj, Tatjana Belaj, Miljenko Belaj, Krunoslav Belaj, Melanija Belaj, Juraj Belaj, Marijan Belaj, Mladen Belaj, Vlasta Belaj, Mirjana Belaj, Antun Belaj, Igor Belaj, Ljiljana Belaj, Sanja Belaj, Ida Belaj

Mentions in sources

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

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