Surname Malij in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Malij families are Croats (from Orahovica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica and Nasice.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Malij live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Nova Josava (10) and Slavonske Bare in Orahovica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Malij (including: Malia , Maliy , Malie , Maliah , Malii , Maliev , Malio , Maliu and Maliey ) is present in 98 countries worldwide. "Maliey " is used by few people in Germany and few people in the United States. "Malia " is used by some 4000 people in Indonesia , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Spain. "Maliah " is used by some 1000 people in Indonesia , small number in Israel , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radojka Malij, Maja Malij, Lidija Malij, Katica Malij, Dubravko Malij, Damir Malij, Franjo Malij, Ivan Malij, Alen Malij, Milan Malij, Dino Malij, Mato Malij, Marija Malij, Ivica Malij, Ladislav Malij, Marica Malij, Mateo Malij, Rudolf Malij

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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