In Croatia, Shalaj families are Albanians (from Labin ).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Shalaj live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Rijeka (<5), Labin (<5), Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), and in Novi Vinodolski (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Shalaj (including: Shalay , Shalai and Shallaly ) is present in 26 countries worldwide.
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.