Surname Roje in modern Croatia

Roje families are Croats and they are mostly from Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Roje live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (215), Rijeka (15), Zagreb (10), Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (<10), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to France (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Roje (including: Raje , Rajeh , Roye , Roojee , Roie , Rojee , Royee , Rojhe and Royye ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Roye " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Jamaica , and some 700 people in France. "Rojee " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Raje " is used by some 1000 people in Iran , about 700 in the United States , and some 600 people in Saudi Arabia.

Characteristic first names

Srđan Roje, Željka Roje, Vibor Roje, Tinka Roje, Damir Roje, Romilda Roje, Marin Roje, Gorana Roje, Zdravko Roje, Nela Roje, Vesna Roje, Urban Roje, Ante Roje, Eduard Roje, Leo Roje, Ileana Roje, Goran Roje, Ivo Roje, Nikša Roje

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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