Surname Kalanja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kalanja families are mainly Croats (from Velika Gorica ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kalanja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Novska (<10), Borovo in Vukovar area (<10), Mali Gradac (<10), and in Zakopa in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalanja (including: Calagna , Kalania , Kalanya and Kalagna ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. "Calagna " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 100 in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Zlatan Kalanja, Zvijezdana Kalanja, Kata Kalanja, Milan Kalanja, Milana Kalanja, Marina Kalanja, Petar Kalanja, Vesna Kalanja, Aleksandar Kalanja, Sretenka Kalanja, Sonja Kalanja, Mladen Kalanja, Spomenko Kalanja, Lazar Kalanja, Jovan Kalanja, Maca Kalanja, Radojka Kalanja, Lidija Kalanja, Jadranko Kalanja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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