Surname Piljaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Piljaš families are predominantly Croats (from Valpovo area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Piljaš live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Vukovar (<5), Varazdin (<5), Nustar in Vinkovci area (<5), Antunovac in Osijek area (<5), and in Bizovac in Valpovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Piljaš (including: Pelias , Piljas , Pillias , Philias , Pilias , Pielias and Pilyas ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Pillias " is used by some 100 people in France , small number in Zimbabwe , and small number of people in the United States. "Philias " is used by some 60 people in the United States and about 60 in France. "Pelias " is used by some 3000 people in the Philippines , about 70 in the United States , and some 50 people in Saudi Arabia.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Piljaš, Stjepan Piljaš, Ljubomir Piljaš, Anica Piljaš, Lenka Piljaš, Dubravka Piljaš, Saša Piljaš, Bojan Piljaš, Željko Piljaš, Lidija Piljaš, Milan Piljaš, Marija Piljaš, Magdalena Piljaš, Cveta Piljaš, Lazo Piljaš, Zorka Piljaš, Slađana Piljaš, Tomislav Piljaš, Ana Piljaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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