Surname Hadžija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hadžija families are almost entirely Croats (from Grubisno Polje area ), barely Albanians (from Pula ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Hadžija live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Velika Pisanica in Grubisno Polje area (10), Sesvete (<10), Palesnik in Garesnica area (<10), and in Djurdjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hadžija (including: Hadijah , Hadiya , Hadzija , Hadiyah , Hadija , Hadijjah , Hadiijah , Hadjija , Haddijah and Haddija ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Hadzija " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hadiyah " is used by some 2000 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Olga Hadžija, Mirko Hadžija, Danijel Hadžija, Darko Hadžija, Ivan Hadžija, Zdravka Hadžija, Tomislav Hadžija, Josip Hadžija, Marina Hadžija, Dunja Hadžija, Denis Hadžija, Nada Hadžija, Dejan Hadžija, Jasmina Hadžija, Ankica Hadžija, Esat Hadžija, Željko Hadžija, Filip Hadžija, Mladen Hadžija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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