Surname Bilas in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bilas families are Croats (from Ploce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ploce area and in Makarska.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bilas live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Gradac in Ploce area (25), Zagreb (20), Split (<10), Podaca in Ploce area (<10), and in Mursko Sredisce (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Bilas (including: Bilash , Bielas , Billias , Billas , Bhilas , Bilasz , Bielass , Bilaas and Bilass ) is present in 79 countries worldwide. "Bielas " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Bielass " is used by few people in the United States. "Bilass " is used by few people in Trinidad and Tobago and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pero Bilas, Vlatka Bilas, Vedran Bilas, Bojan Bilas, Teo Bilas, Božidar Bilas, Matilda Bilas, Igor Bilas, Boris Bilas, Ksenija Bilas, Joško Bilas, Damir Bilas, Jasna Bilas, Tea Bilas, Nataša Bilas, Oliver Bilas, Dubravka Bilas, Sanja Bilas, Ivana Bilas

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