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Surname Saraja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Saraja families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), barely Czechs (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Djurdjevac area. In Jabučeta in Bjelovar area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Saraja.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Saraja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (20), Sasovac in Bjelovar area (15), in Pitomaca (15) and Klostar Podravski (<10) in Djurdjevac area, and in Djurdjevac (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Saraja (including: Saraya , Sarayya , Saraia , Sarajah , Sarhaya , Sarrayya , Sharaja , Sahraya and Shahraja ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Sarhaya " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sharayha " is used by some 200 people in Jordan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Oman.
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Characteristic first names
Berislav Saraja,
Karlo Saraja,
Danijel Saraja,
Nataša Saraja,
Danko Saraja,
Damir Saraja,
Alen Saraja,
Ivan Saraja,
Zora Saraja,
Daniel Saraja,
Slavko Saraja,
Davor Saraja,
Saša Saraja,
Marijan Saraja,
Željko Saraja,
Stevo Saraja,
Dijana Saraja,
Dubravka Saraja,
Valentina Saraja