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Surname Bjeljac in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bjeljac families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area) and in Western Bosnia (Drvar area). In Šipovljani in Western Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bjeljac.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Bjeljac live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Sisak (<10), Rijeka (<10), Ogulin (<5), and in Belisce (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bjeljac is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Bjeljac " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Aleksandra Bjeljac,
Milan Bjeljac,
Miroslav Bjeljac,
Branislav Bjeljac,
Miodrag Bjeljac,
Željko Bjeljac,
Mladen Bjeljac,
Ružica Bjeljac,
Rade Bjeljac,
Igor Bjeljac,
Emina Bjeljac,
Dragana Bjeljac,
Milica Bjeljac,
Pero Bjeljac,
Ljerka Bjeljac,
Stevo Bjeljac,
Stoja Bjeljac,
Milanko Bjeljac,
Sreta Bjeljac