Surname Pelja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pelja families are Croats (from Trogir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Pelja live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Trogir (10), Split (<10), Blizna Donja in Trogir area (<10), Kastel Gomilica (<5), and in Seget Donji in Trogir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pelja (including: Pelliza , Pelya , Pelia , Pellya , Phelia , Peljha , Pellia and Peelya ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. "Pelia " is used by some 60 people in the United States , about 60 in Canada , and some 50 people in Indonesia. "Phelia " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Pelja, Vinko Pelja, Marko Pelja, Ankica Pelja, Milica Pelja, Nela Pelja, Sandra Pelja, Jozo Pelja, Tihana Pelja, Mehmed Pelja, Jasna Pelja, Milenka Pelja, Željko Pelja, Marija Pelja, Cvita Pelja, Matija Pelja, Ivan Pelja, Nediljko Pelja, Vedrana Pelja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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