Surname Brajša in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Brajša families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Labin area. In Šumber in Labin area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Brajša.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Brajša live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (20), Sumber in Labin area (<5), Varazdin (<5), Boljevici in Labin area (<5), and in Labin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brajša (including: Brajsa , Braysha ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Braysha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karmen Brajša, Roman Brajša, Tomislav Brajša, Mladen Brajša, Jelena Brajša, Đulijana Brajša, Pavao Brajša, Moris Brajša, Ćiril Brajša, Stojan Brajša, Romana Brajša, Miran Brajša, Zoran Brajša, Ivana Brajša, Marijan Brajša, Petar Brajša, Anita Brajša, Valter Brajša, Serđo Brajša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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