Surname Olei in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Olei families are Croats (from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Olei live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Virovitica (<10), Buje (<5), Zidarici on the Island of Krk (<5), and in Umag (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Olei (including: Holley , Olley , Oley , Holey , Ooley , Ohley , Olehy , Ollei and Olehi ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Olehi " is used by few people in the United States. "Ollei " is used by few people in the United States. "Oley " is used by some 1000 people in Indonesia , about 600 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Katarina Olei, Snežana Olei, Krešimir Olei, Zvonimir Olei, Martina Olei, Oliver Olei, Antonio Olei, Ivanka Olei, Ana Olei, Luka Olei, Teo Olei, Antun Olei, Snježana Olei

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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