Surname Kalaj in modern Croatia

Kalaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Cakovec area. In Vugrišinec in Cakovec area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Kalaj.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kalaj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Odranski Obrez (35), Bratina in Jastrebarsko area (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalaj (including: Kalai , Kalay , Khalaj , Kallay , Kalaai , Calaj , Kalaly , Kallayy and Kalaay ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. The family name "Kalaj " is used by some 600 people in Albania , about 400 in the United States , and some 100 people in Italy. "Khalaj " is used by some 20000 people in Iran , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Kallay " is used by some 6000 people in Sierra Leone , about 1000 in Hungary , and some 900 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Kalaj, Josipa Kalaj, Andreja Kalaj, Drago Kalaj, Mirjana Kalaj, Marko Kalaj, Dubravko Kalaj, Ivana Kalaj, Vlatka Kalaj, Mladen Kalaj, Gordana Kalaj, Spomenka Kalaj, Ivan Kalaj, Katarina Kalaj, Janko Kalaj, Jasna Kalaj, Željko Kalaj, Tomislav Kalaj, Nikola Kalaj

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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