Surname Prijatelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prijatelj families are almost entirely Croats (from Buje area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zapresic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Prijatelj live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Gornji Vinkovec (<10), Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Vrbovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prijatelj is present in 10 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Prijatelj, Sanja Prijatelj, Anton Prijatelj, Metod Prijatelj, Kruno Prijatelj, Stjepo Prijatelj, Erika Prijatelj, Lasta Prijatelj, Ljubo Prijatelj, Ivan Prijatelj, Danijel Prijatelj, Carmen Prijatelj, Divka Prijatelj, Krešimir Prijatelj, Vesna Prijatelj, Roman Prijatelj, Niko Prijatelj, Irena Prijatelj, Silvija Prijatelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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