Surname Pikelja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pikelja families are Croats by relative majority (from Delnice area ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Skender Vakuf area) and in Zagreb. In Bastaji in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pikelja.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pikelja live in Croatia today, in 12 households.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Polum in Grubisno Polje area (<5), Bjelovar (<5), Lokve in Delnice area (<5), and in Duga Resa (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pikelja is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Ostoja Pikelja, Dario Pikelja, Boris Pikelja, Tomislav Pikelja, Slavica Pikelja, Davor Pikelja, Savo Pikelja, Darinka Pikelja, Đurđica Pikelja, Milenko Pikelja, Saša Pikelja, Jovo Pikelja, Rade Pikelja, Radenko Pikelja, Ana Pikelja, Nikolina Pikelja, Marija Pikelja, Koviljka Pikelja, Sanja Pikelja

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