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Surname Piljić in modern Croatia
Piljić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Tuzla Region (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from Drnis area, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area). In places Dragunja Gornja and Breške in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Piljić.
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Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Piljić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Zupanja (20), Rijeka (15), Osijek (15), and in Split (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Austria (2), the United States (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Piljić is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Piljic " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Božidar Piljić,
Mijo Piljić,
Julija Piljić,
Ivan Piljić,
Lidija Piljić,
Željko Piljić,
Goran Piljić,
Jadranka Piljić,
Vesna Piljić,
Joso Piljić,
Jozo Piljić,
Marko Piljić,
Anto Piljić,
Ivana Piljić,
Damir Piljić,
Petar Piljić,
Slađana Piljić,
Dalibor Piljić,
Nataša Piljić
