Surname Stijelja in modern Croatia

Stijelja families can be both Serbs and Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Rijeka. In Nunić in Knin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Stijelja.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Stijelja live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Oraovac in Obrovac area (20), Zagreb (20), Nunic in Knin area (15), and in Sibenik (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stijelja is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Stijelja " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Stijelja, Renata Stijelja, Neva Stijelja, Tihana Stijelja, Grozdana Stijelja, Predrag Stijelja, Branka Stijelja, Bruno Stijelja, Ivana Stijelja, Ines Stijelja, Dražen Stijelja, Maja Stijelja, Dragan Stijelja, Dean Stijelja, Goran Stijelja, Petar Stijelja, Jagoda Stijelja, Đorđe Stijelja, Alenka Stijelja

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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