Surname Brlas in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Brlas live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (55), Zagreb (30), Virovitica (20), Busetina in Virovitica area (20), and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brlas (including: Berlas , Berlasso and Berlass ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Brlas " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Berlas " is used by some 1000 people in Pakistan , small number in Saudi Arabia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Koraljka Brlas, Mario Brlas, Bojan Brlas, Siniša Brlas, Vladimir Brlas, Marijan Brlas, Braslav Brlas, Josip Brlas, Tomislav Brlas, Goran Brlas, Stjepan Brlas, Jadranka Brlas, Anita Brlas, Vlado Brlas, Svijetlana Brlas, Krešimir Brlas, Darko Brlas, Vicko Brlas, Emilija Brlas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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