In Croatia, Hilje families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zadar.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Hilje live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<10), Dubrovnik (<5), Mrcevo (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).