Surname Pulja in modern Croatia

Pulja families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Zadar. In Ostrožin in Glina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Pulja.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Pulja live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zadar (15), Dugo Selo (10), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pulja (including: Puglia , Pulya , Pulia , Pullia , Pulliza , Pulliah , Pulyya , Pullya and Puliah ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. The family name "Pulja " is used by few people in the United States. "Pullia " is used by some 400 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Canada. "Puliah " is used by few people in Canada and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavle Pulja, Vladimir Pulja, Mile Pulja, Damir Pulja, Kristina Pulja, Ivana Pulja, Slobodan Pulja, Milan Pulja, Eduard Pulja, Tomislav Pulja, Dragan Pulja, Jadranka Pulja, Mario Pulja, Darijo Pulja, Đulijana Pulja, Ivica Pulja, Igor Pulja, Radivoje Pulja, Gojko Pulja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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