Surname Salai in modern Croatia

Salai families are mainly Hungarians and they are mostly from Osijek area , also Croats and Albanians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Salai live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Ilok (15), Bilje in Osijek area (10), Novi Bezdan in Beli Manastir area (10), Grubisno Polje (<10), and in Vrbovsko (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Salai (including: Salahi , Szalai , Salay , Sallai , Salahie , Sallahi , Shalai , Salahieh and Salaih ) is present in 101 countries worldwide. "Salay " is used by some 1000 people in Iraq , about 900 in Guatemala , and some 700 people in the United States. "Salahieh " is used by some 700 people in Syria , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia. "Szallai " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Ferenc Salai, Edit Salai, Mirijana Salai, Vesna Salai, Željko Salai, Ernest Salai, Janoš Salai, Stanislav Salai, Nataša Salai, Sabolč Salai, Ruženka Salai, Katica Salai, Damir Salai, Irma Salai, Josip Salai, Rastislav Salai, Martina Salai, Nadži Salai, Vera Salai

Mentions in sources

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

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