Surname Palej in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Palej live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Malo Trojstvo in Bjelovar area (<10), Strmec in Samobor area (<5), Zlatar (<5), and in Veliko Trojstvo in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Palej (including: Palei , Paley , Palley , Palee , Palejh , Phalej , Pallee , Phalee and Pallej ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Palej " is used by some 700 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Paley " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Russian Federation , and some 1000 people in Myanmar. "Palee " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josipa Palej, Krešimir Palej, Marijan Palej, Denis Palej, Josip Palej, Darko Palej, Ivana Palej, Srećko Palej, Branko Palej, Dragica Palej, Nada Palej, Franjo Palej, Stjepan Palej, Božica Palej, Petra Palej, Kata Palej, Vjekoslav Palej, Marija Palej, Cecilija Palej

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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