In Croatia, Delalija families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Delalija live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled. They are located in only four Croatian places: in Dubrovnik (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Cepikuce (<10) and Mlini (<5) in Dubrovnik area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Delalija is present in two countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.