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Surname Sladonja in modern Croatia
Sladonja families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula area. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pula area. In Valtura in Pula area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Sladonja.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Sladonja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Valtura in Pula area (50), Pula (15), Zagreb (10), Porec (<10), and in Sroki in Rijeka area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Sweden (2), Argentina (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Sladonja is present in this form only in Croatia.
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Characteristic first names
Barbara Sladonja,
Ivan Sladonja,
Vladimir Sladonja,
Emilio Sladonja,
Aleksandar Sladonja,
Daniela Sladonja,
Gracijela Sladonja,
Mirjana Sladonja,
Tomislava Sladonja,
Vedran Sladonja,
Tanja Sladonja,
Zdenko Sladonja,
Loren Sladonja,
Rafaela Sladonja,
Bruno Sladonja,
Jasna Sladonja,
Živka Sladonja,
Vesna Sladonja,
Milan Sladonja
