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Surname Bendelja in modern Croatia
Bendelja families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ludbreg area. In Madaraševec in Ludbreg area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bendelja.
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Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Bendelja live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), in Madarasevec (20) and Cickovina (10) in Ludbreg area, Djakovo (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bendelja is present in two countries.
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Characteristic first names
Krešo Bendelja,
Damir Bendelja,
Tihomir Bendelja,
Slavica Bendelja,
Darija Bendelja,
Božo Bendelja,
Aleksandra Bendelja,
Marijan Bendelja,
Ivica Bendelja,
Neda Bendelja,
Josip Bendelja,
Ines Bendelja,
Nadica Bendelja,
Vesna Bendelja,
Jurica Bendelja,
Nikolina Bendelja,
Jelica Bendelja,
Slobodan Bendelja,
Anita Bendelja
