In Croatia, Cvrlja families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina area and in Zagreb. In Bosna in Sveti Ivan Zelina area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Cvrlja.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Cvrlja live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Bosna in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (30), Virovitica (<10), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<10), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5), and in Adamovec (<5).
