Surname Nalis in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Nalis families are almost entirely Croats (from Opatija ), barely Bulgarians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Nalis live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Sibenik (<10), Rijeka (<10), Metkovic (<5), and in Opatija (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nalis is present in 24 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Fedor Nalis, Josip Nalis, Ivanka Nalis, Matija Nalis, Antun Nalis, Serđo Nalis, Ratko Nalis, Erik Nalis, Milena Nalis, Francisca Nalis, Ivan Nalis, Sven Nalis, Ivica Nalis, Marija Nalis, Jugoslav Nalis, Anđelko Nalis, Evgenija Nalis, Vlasta Nalis, Dražen Nalis

Mentions in sources

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

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