Surname Flies in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Flies families are generally Croats (from Zagreb ), very rarely Bosniaks (also from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Flies live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (20), Split (<5), and in Pirovac in Vodice area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Flies (including: Fliess , Fliehs and Phillies ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Flies " is used by some 700 people in Kenya , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Belgium. "Fliehs " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Phillies " is used by some 60 people in South Africa , small number in Zimbabwe , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Flies, Tihomir Flies, Ismeta Flies, Maja Flies, Zoran Flies, Josip Flies, Jurica Flies, Jadranka Flies, Ivka Flies, Marko Flies, Francisko Flies, Kornelija Flies, Hrvoje Flies, Krešimir Flies, Adolf Flies, Ivan Flies, Jasminka Flies, Vladimir Flies, David Flies

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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