Surname Klaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Klaj families are Croats by relative majority (from Umag ), equally Italians (from Buje area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag and Buje.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Klaj live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Umag (10), Fiorini in Buje area (<10), Petrovija (<5), and in Brtonigla in Buje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klaj (including: Clay , Klai , Klay , Klei , Klayh , Cholaj , Kleih , Klaly and Kleie ) is present in 107 countries worldwide. "Klay " is used by some 900 people in Egypt , about 700 in the United States , and some 600 people in Tunisia. "Cholaj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Klei " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in the Netherlands , and some 200 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Klaj, Veljko Klaj, Roberto Klaj, Orijeta Klaj, Jadranka Klaj, Alen Klaj, Gracijano Klaj, Silvano Klaj, Nevio Klaj, Manuela Klaj, Daniele Klaj, Eugen Klaj, Nada Klaj, Valter Klaj, Klaudio Klaj, Đani Klaj, Ruža Klaj, Karmela Klaj, Margarita Klaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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