Surname Gulja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gulja families are generally Croats (from Buzet area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Buzet area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Gulja live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), Lupoglav in Buzet area (<5), in Jusici (<5) and Veli Brgud (<5) in Opatija area, and in Semic in Buzet area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Sweden (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Gulja (including: Gulia , Gulya , Gulliya , Gullia , Guglia , Ghulia , Gullyna , Ghaulia and Guliha ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Gulia " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Russian Federation. "Gullia " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Sandro Gulja, Sanja Gulja, Mirjana Gulja, Martina Gulja, Vesna Gulja, Simon Gulja, Darijo Gulja, Stanislav Gulja, Moira Gulja, Branka Gulja, Aldo Gulja, Antonija Gulja, Josip Gulja, Jadranka Gulja, Bojana Gulja, Veronika Gulja, Bruno Gulja, Silvana Gulja, Drago Gulja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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