Surname Kleva in modern Croatia

Kleva families are often Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka , less frequently Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kleva live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Barban in Labin area (20), Pula (15), Rijeka (15), Olib (<10), and in Doricici in Bakr area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 18 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (16), Sweden (1), and to Uruguay (1).
Family name Kleva (including: Cholewa , Chilewa , Cleva , Choleva , Kleeva , Chileva , Chuleva , Chleva and Khlewa ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Kleva " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Russian Federation , and some 60 people in Tanzania , some 60 people in Ukraine. "Chleva " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cholewa " is used by some 7000 people in Poland , about 700 in the United States , and some 600 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Egidio Kleva, Boris Kleva, Aldo Kleva, Dino Kleva, Dijana Kleva, Marija Kleva, Renato Kleva, Viviana Kleva, Slavica Kleva, Sanjin Kleva, Milena Kleva, Vitomir Kleva, Stefano Kleva, Davorka Kleva, Svjetlana Kleva, Marko Kleva, Endži Kleva, Karmel Kleva, Tihomir Kleva

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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