Surname Hlava in modern Croatia

In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Hlava live in Croatia today, in households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Rijeka (<5) and Munije (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hlava (including: Hlawa , Chalava , Chejlava , Thulava , Chihlava , Cholava , Cholawa , Cheylava and Chelava ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Hlava " is used by some 800 people in Czech Republic , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Chelava " is used by few people in the United States. "Chejlava " is used by some 90 people in Czech Republic and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Hlava, Ivan Hlava, Igor Hlava, Alojzija Hlava, Ana Hlava, Franjo Hlava, Marija Hlava

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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