Surname Stela in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Stela families are Croats (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Stela live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Rijeka (<5), Zadar (<5), Trogir (<5), Kastel Kambelovac (<5), and in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stela (including: Stella , Stellah , Sztela , Steela , Stellaa and Sthela ) is present in 118 countries worldwide. "Steela " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vicenco Stela, Josip Stela, Kristijan Stela, Mirjana Stela, Lina Stela, Mila Stela, Stela Stela, Malnar Stela, Aleksandra Stela, Anka Stela, Antun Stela, Bože Stela, Mihovil Stela, Milka Stela, Stefanija Stela, Ursa Stela, Štefanija Stela

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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