Surname Deranja in modern Croatia

Deranja families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Deranja live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Gruda in Dubrovnik area (45), Novi Vinodolski (45), Zagreb (35), Dubrovnik (20), and in Zadar (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Deranja (including: Derania , Deranya ) is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Deranja " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Bolivia , and small number of people in Australia. "Derania " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Deranja, Gordana Deranja, Damir Deranja, Ivo Deranja, Dinko Deranja, Dražen Deranja, Luce Deranja, Nataša Deranja, Ariana Deranja, Nikola Deranja, Franjo Deranja, Mihajlo Deranja, Vlade Deranja, Pepo Deranja, Ines Deranja, Novka Deranja, Vili Deranja, Mirela Deranja, Srđana Deranja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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