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Surname Bjelajac in modern Croatia
Bjelajac families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Daruvar area , but often Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Daruvar area. In Batinjani in Daruvar area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bjelajac.
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Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Bjelajac live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Daruvar (20), Majske Poljane (20), Batinjani in Daruvar area (15), and in Split (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), France (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Bjelajac is present in 17 countries on three continents. The family name "Bjelajac " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Ivo Bjelajac,
Nina Bjelajac,
Slobodan Bjelajac,
Nevenka Bjelajac,
Nikola Bjelajac,
Sanja Bjelajac,
Milorad Bjelajac,
Slaven Bjelajac,
Lazar Bjelajac,
Jasminka Bjelajac,
Andrej Bjelajac,
Zdravka Bjelajac,
Goran Bjelajac,
Tatjana Bjelajac,
Denis Bjelajac,
Saša Bjelajac,
Markica Bjelajac,
Duro Bjelajac,
Gordana Bjelajac
