Surname Puhalj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puhalj families are generally Croats (from Buzet area ), very rarely Italians (also from Buzet area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet area and in Pula. In Lanišće in Buzet area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Puhalj.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Puhalj live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Pula (10), Rijeka (<10), Umag (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Kuceli in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (7) and Germany (3).
Family name Puhalj (including: Puhaly , Puthali , Puchali and Puhali ) is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Puhalj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Puhaly " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valter Puhalj, Anđelo Puhalj, Tea Puhalj, Marko Puhalj, Sandra Puhalj, Nadija Puhalj, Damir Puhalj, Aldo Puhalj, Mirjana Puhalj, Marinella Puhalj, Robert Puhalj, Alen Puhalj, Grgo Puhalj, Bruna Puhalj, Brigita Puhalj, Zvonko Puhalj, Drago Puhalj, Dunja Puhalj, Jakov Puhalj

Mentions in sources

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

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