Surname Blažev in modern Croatia

Blažev families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Sibenik area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Blažev live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Siroke in Sibenik area (15), Split (<10), Virovitica (<10), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Blažev (including: Blazev , Blazhev , Blazheev , Blazhiev and Blazhaev ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Blazev " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Blažev, Višnja Blažev, Nenad Blažev, Ildiko Blažev, Tomislav Blažev, Denis Blažev, Andrea Blažev, Željka Blažev, Anica Blažev, Robert Blažev, Krešimir Blažev, Željko Blažev, Dragica Blažev, Zdravko Blažev, Mirjana Blažev, Sunčica Blažev, Ivan Blažev, Petar Blažev, Ante Blažev

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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