Surname Brzoja in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Brzoja live in Croatia today, in 30 households.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zadar (55), Nadin (25), Zagreb (15), Benkovac (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brzoja is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Brzoja " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Brzoja, Rajna Brzoja, Dragojka Brzoja, Veseljko Brzoja, Ante Brzoja, Matija Brzoja, Božo Brzoja, Ivica Brzoja, Zlatko Brzoja, Emil Brzoja, Marija Brzoja, Huanita Brzoja, Dragan Brzoja, Marin Brzoja, Snježana Brzoja, Zoran Brzoja, Maša Brzoja, Tihana Brzoja, Slobodan Brzoja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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