Surname Delija.

  • Surname Delija in modern Croatia

    Delija families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area , rarely Albanians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Zagreb. In Veternica in Lepoglava area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Delija.

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  • Prevalence

    About 490 people with faimily name Delija live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
    They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Brnaze (85), Bibinje in Zadar area (80), Zagreb (75), Belec (50), and in Veternica in Lepoglava area (30).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Delija (including: Deliya , Dheliya , Deliyah and Delyya ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Delija " is used by some 600 people in Albania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia.

  • Characteristic first names

    Krešimir Delija, Alboran Delija, Damir Delija, Frane Delija, Gordana Delija, Alan Delija, Venera Delija, Mladen Delija, Vlatka Delija, Danijela Delija, Stipe Delija, Janko Delija, Antun Delija, Josip Delija, Ivan Delija, Lena Delija, Nikola Delija, Kata Delija, Nataša Delija

  • Last name Delija around the globe

    See the countries where surname Delija is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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