Surname Bile in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bile families are almost entirely Croats (from Labin area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Bičići in Labin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Bile.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bile live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pula (20), Bicici in Labin area (<10), and in Loborika in Pula area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bile (including: Bille , Billie , Biele , Billeh , Bileh , Bhile , Bhille , Bilee and Billee ) is present in 147 countries worldwide. "Biele " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Congo. "Billie " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 500 in South Africa , and some 300 people in Indonesia. "Billeh " is used by some 900 people in Jordan , about 50 in Saudi Arabia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Bile, Paola Bile, Serđo Bile, Dalibor Bile, Karlo Bile, Ivan Bile, Mirko Bile, Livio Bile, Živka Bile, Milena Bile, Ana Bile, Luana Bile, Natali Bile, Mladen Bile, Anđelina Bile, Marija Bile, Ljeposava Bile, Martin Bile, Tereža Bile

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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