Surname Korolija in modern Croatia

Korolija families are generally Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , less frequently Croats (Zadar). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Knin. In Ivoševci in Knin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Korolija.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Korolija live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Ivosevci in Knin area (60), Zagreb (25), Zadar (20), Rijeka (15), and in Vukovar (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Korolija (including: Coroliya , Choroliya ) is present in 14 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Goran Korolija, Boško Korolija, Milorad Korolija, Oliver Korolija, Dragica Korolija, Marina Korolija, Miranda Korolija, Edita Korolija, Miodrag Korolija, Jelena Korolija, Aleksandra Korolija, Mirela Korolija, Dragana Korolija, Matilda Korolija, Mirko Korolija, Gordana Korolija, Rajka Korolija, Vesna Korolija, Nebojša Korolija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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