Surname Spaija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Spaija families are Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Bjelovar area. In Donje Sitno in Split every ninth inhabitant had the family name Spaija.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Spaija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Split (25), Stobrec (<10), Kastel Sucurac (<5), Donje Sitno (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Spaija (including: Spahija , Spaieja ) is present in 20 countries on three continents. "Spaieja " is used by few people in the United States. "Spahija " is used by some 900 people in Albania , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Mario Spaija, Helga Spaija, Emanuel Spaija, Maja Spaija, Vanda Spaija, Mladen Spaija, Mira Spaija, Robert Spaija, Tonći Spaija, Natalija Spaija, Tonči Spaija, Špiro Spaija, Stipan Spaija, Fabjan Spaija, Ana Spaija, Mirjam Spaija, Bogomir Spaija, Luka Spaija, Ivan Spaija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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