Surname Hoblaj in modern Croatia

Hoblaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Mursko Sredisce.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Hoblaj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 15 other places, mostly in Mursko Sredisce (25), Strukovec (15), Prelog (15), Cakovec (10), and in Merhatovec in Mursko Sredisce area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hoblaj is present in 7 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Alojz Hoblaj, Vladimir Hoblaj, Dragutin Hoblaj, Ivan Hoblaj, Petra Hoblaj, Nada Hoblaj, Mladen Hoblaj, Josip Hoblaj, Marija Hoblaj, Goran Hoblaj, Robert Hoblaj, Kristijan Hoblaj, Marina Hoblaj, Danijela Hoblaj, Tomislav Hoblaj, Jasmina Hoblaj, Miroslav Hoblaj, Danijel Hoblaj, Sandra Hoblaj

Mentions in sources

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

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