Surname Marelja in modern Croatia

Marelja families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Middle Bosnia (Tesanj area). In places Putešić and Kalošević in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Marelja.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Marelja live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Split (20), Kastel Luksic (10), Hrebinec in Dugo Selo area (10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Marelja (including: Marelia , Mareglia and Mareelia ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Marelia " is used by some 90 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slaven Marelja, Kaja Marelja, Radoslav Marelja, Vesna Marelja, Matilda Marelja, Tonko Marelja, Boro Marelja, Srećko Marelja, Sanja Marelja, Ljiljana Marelja, Josip Marelja, Željko Marelja, Kamilo Marelja, Anto Marelja, Draženka Marelja, Igor Marelja, Frano Marelja, Dušan Marelja, Karolina Marelja

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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