Radelja families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Ozalj area. In Gornje Sitno in Split every tenth inhabitant had the family name Radelja.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Radelja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Gornje Sitno (50), Split (25), Zagreb (20), Rijeka (20), and in Jastrebarsko (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Radelja (including: Radeglia , Radelia ) is present in 9 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
