Surname Blaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Blaj families are Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Blaj live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Karlovac (<10), Zagreb (<5), Drenje Scitarjevsko (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Blaj (including: Blay , Blei , Blai , Blahy , Bleie , Blaly and Bleih ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Blai " is used by some 500 people in Ivory Coast , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Spain. "Blahy " is used by some 50 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Blei " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Blaj, Marian Blaj, Kristina Blaj, Petru Blaj, Gheoarghe Blaj, Liliana Blaj, Darko Blaj, Crasta Blaj, Silvij Blaj, Gheorghe Blaj, Maria Blaj, Ines Blaj, Ksenija Blaj, Tomica Blaj, Sofija Blaj, Vinko Blaj, Marica Blaj, Nicolae Blaj, Zdenka Blaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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