Surname Holjević in modern Croatia

Holjević families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Holjević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Karlovac (20), Zagreb (15), Stara Susica in Delnice area (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Holjević is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Holjevic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danko Holjević, Željka Holjević, Tatjana Holjević, Igor Holjević, Irena Holjević, Marijan Holjević, Mario Holjević, Snježana Holjević, Rudi Holjević, Mladen Holjević, Zlatko Holjević, Spomenka Holjević, Ivan Holjević, Ivanka Holjević, Nevenka Holjević, Branka Holjević, Zdenko Holjević, Mirjana Holjević, Denis Holjević

Mentions in sources

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

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