Surname Sakalj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sakalj families are Croats (from Ivanec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Sakalj live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (10) and Staznjevec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sakalj (including: Sakalli , Sakali , Sakaly , Sakkali , Sakaali , Sakhali , Sakally , Sakkalli and Sackaly ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Sackaly " is used by few people in the United States. "Szakaly " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and about 100 in the United States. "Shakhali " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Sakalj, Kristian Sakalj, Igor Sakalj, Roman Sakalj, Nevenka Sakalj, Marica Sakalj, Andrija Sakalj, Matija Sakalj, Mara Sakalj, Alen Sakalj, Karolina Sakalj, Marko Sakalj, Siniša Sakalj, Ivan Sakalj, Ivanka Sakalj, Filip Sakalj, Erin Sakalj, Danica Sakalj, Tomas Sakalj

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