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Surname Bilbija in modern Croatia
Bilbija families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina , whereas often Croats (also from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Zagreb. In Miska Glava in Bosnian Krajina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bilbija.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Bilbija live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Zupanja (10), Sisak (<10), Labin (<10), and in Zadar (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Bilbija is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Bilbija " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Vanesa Bilbija,
Predrag Bilbija,
Višnja Bilbija,
Igor Bilbija,
Nenad Bilbija,
Ljuban Bilbija,
Radojka Bilbija,
Jela Bilbija,
Ljiljana Bilbija,
Želja Bilbija,
Dalibor Bilbija,
Katica Bilbija,
Dušan Bilbija,
Djustina Bilbija,
Željko Bilbija,
Zoran Bilbija,
Mladen Bilbija,
Goran Bilbija,
Novak Bilbija