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Surname Pilja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Pilja families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Biograd na moru area ), and barely Montenegrins (from Nova Gradiska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Benkovac.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Pilja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), Split (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Tenja (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Pilja (including: Pilia , Piglia , Pilliza , Pelja , Pillia , Piliha , Philia , Pilya and Peljha ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Pilja " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Pilya " is used by few people in the United States. "Piglia " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina.
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Characteristic first names
Dušan Pilja,
Velibor Pilja,
Sanja Pilja,
Ana Pilja,
Ratimir Pilja,
Danijela Pilja,
Dušanka Pilja,
Ester Pilja,
Mile Pilja,
Damira Pilja,
Jovanka Pilja,
Marijan Pilja,
Marina Pilja,
Milivoj Pilja,
Radivoj Pilja,
Jelena Pilja,
Đuro Pilja,
Gojko Pilja,
Marija Pilja