Surname Celija in modern Croatia

Celija families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Kožljani in Labin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Celija.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Celija live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Pula (60), Divsici in Pula area (10), Rebici in Labin area (<10), Vodnjan in Pula area (<10), and in Kozljani in Labin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Celija (including: Cheliya , Celiya , Chheliya , Chelliya and Zeliya ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Celija " is used by few people in Sweden and few people in the United States. "Zeliya " is used by few people in the United States. "Chheliya " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Celija, Bruno Celija, Davor Celija, Maja Celija, Đani Celija, Branko Celija, Milan Celija, Danijel Celija, Anamarija Celija, Elvis Celija, Edvard Celija, Henri Celija, Romina Celija, Josip Celija, Darko Celija, Marija Celija, Alen Celija, Željka Celija, Robert Celija

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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