Surname Gunja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gunja families are Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Zagreb. In Zaborsko Selo in Duga Resa area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Gunja.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Gunja live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Karlovac (10), Jastrebarsko (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Loncar Brdo in Duga Resa area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gunja (including: Gunya , Gunia , Gunjaa , Gunjja , Gugna , Gunyah , Ghunja , Guunjaa and Gunnja ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Gunja " is used by some 100 people in Zimbabwe , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Kenya. "Gunyah " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Gunja, Mato Gunja, Davor Gunja, Nataša Gunja, Emil Gunja, Tomislav Gunja, Mihaela Gunja, Mijo Gunja, Petar Gunja, Slavica Gunja, Zlata Gunja, Ksenija Gunja, Josip Gunja, Dora Gunja, Magda Gunja, Ljuba Gunja, Ivica Gunja, Ana Gunja, Zdravko Gunja

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