Surname Marčelja in modern Croatia

Marčelja families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area. In Marčelji in Rijeka area every third inhabitant had the family name Marčelja.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Marčelja live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Rijeka (55), in Marcelji (35) and Viskovo (30) in Rijeka area, Zagreb (25), and in Drazice in Rijeka area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Brazil (4), Austria (2), Sweden (1), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Marčelja (including: Marcelja , Marcelia , Marchelia , Marceglia , Marcellia , Marchelya and Marcelya ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Marcelja " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Brazil. "Marchelya " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Marcelia " is used by some 800 people in Indonesia , about 100 in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Marčelja, Esme Marčelja, Raul Marčelja, Damir Marčelja, Robert Marčelja, Zdenko Marčelja, Alen Marčelja, Dean Marčelja, Melita Marčelja, Davor Marčelja, Mirko Marčelja, Zvonka Marčelja, Natalia Marčelja, Marko Marčelja, Nikolina Marčelja, Nenad Marčelja, Elena Marčelja, Romeo Marčelja, Biserka Marčelja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories