Surname Combaj in modern Croatia

Combaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dugo Selo.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Combaj live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Kasina (85), Blagusa (25), Sesvete (20), Zagreb (<10), and in Vurnovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Combaj (including: Chombay , Combay , Zombai and Combei ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Combaj " is used by few people in the United States. "Combay " is used by some 600 people in Sierra Leone and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Combaj, Nevenka Combaj, Ivan Combaj, Dijana Combaj, Jelka Combaj, Ivana Combaj, Krunoslav Combaj, Stjepan Combaj, Sonja Combaj, Gordana Combaj, Darko Combaj, Marija Combaj, Nada Combaj, Željko Combaj, Damir Combaj, Renata Combaj, Marko Combaj, Martina Combaj, Slavko Combaj

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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