Surname Kraljev in modern Croatia

Kraljev families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Pasman. In Banj on the Island of Pasman every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kraljev.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Kraljev live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Banj on the Island of Pasman (65), Zadar (55), Zagreb (20), Biograd na moru (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kraljev is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Kraljev " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Kraljev, Bojana Kraljev, Dragan Kraljev, Katarina Kraljev, Ante Kraljev, Romano Kraljev, Irena Kraljev, Anka Kraljev, Renato Kraljev, Goran Kraljev, Vladimirka Kraljev, Davorka Kraljev, Luka Kraljev, Branko Kraljev, Karlo Kraljev, Gorjan Kraljev, Slobodan Kraljev, Kuzman Kraljev, Karmen Kraljev

Mentions in sources

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

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