Surname Hlaj in modern Croatia

Hlaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Buzet. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Karlovac. In Sušići in Buzet nearly every inhabitant had the family name Hlaj.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Hlaj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sisljavic (30), Rijeka (10), Tvrdjavica (10), Zapresic (<10), and in Marinici in Rijeka area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Hlaj (including: Chulay , Hlay , Cholay , Cholaj , Hlei , Chilay , Chalaj , Tholaj and Thelay ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Hlay " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cholaj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hlei " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Hlaj, Igor Hlaj, Vjekoslav Hlaj, Klavdija Hlaj, Hrvoje Hlaj, Renata Hlaj, Dijana Hlaj, Tanja Hlaj, Dragec Hlaj, Milovan Hlaj, Dean Hlaj, Ana Hlaj, Damir Hlaj, Snježana Hlaj, Tamara Hlaj, Vinko Hlaj, Đani Hlaj, Marija Hlaj, Saša Hlaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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