Surname Brljević in modern Croatia

Brljević families are Croats and they are mostly from Metkovic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Metkovic. In Buna in Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Brljević.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Brljević live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Momici in Opuzen area (20), Split (10), Vrgorac (<10), and in Trpanj on the Peljesac peninsula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brljević (including: Brljevich , Brljevic ) is present in 6 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Brljević, Boro Brljević, Branko Brljević, Olivera Brljević, Zoran Brljević, Marija Brljević, Olivija Brljević, Ante Brljević, Ranka Brljević, Višnja Brljević, Goran Brljević, Lidija Brljević, Vera Brljević, Renata Brljević, Mario Brljević, Dragan Brljević, Gordana Brljević, Darijo Brljević, Katarina Brljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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