Surname Hađija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hađija families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik area and in Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Hađija live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Mokosica (<10), Virovitica (<5), and in Klostar Podravski in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hađija (including: Hadija , Hadiya , Hadijah , Hadjija , Thadiya , Hadijjah , Hadiijah , Haddijah , Haddija and Hadiia ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Hadiyah " is used by some 2000 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Hađija, Ivan Hađija, Manuela Hađija, Krunoslav Hađija, Mirko Hađija, Krešimir Hađija, Slavko Hađija, Ane Hađija, Stijepo Hađija, Maro Hađija, Lena Hađija, Antonia Hađija, Pavo Hađija, Željka Hađija, Ivo Hađija, Marijana Hađija, Bojana Hađija, Vlaho Hađija, Ana Hađija

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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