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Surname Stjelja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Stjelja families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (also from Knin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Rijeka.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Stjelja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Nunic in Knin area (15), Zagreb (10), Zadar (10), Rijeka (<5), and in Knin (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Stjelja is present in 8 countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Nikola Stjelja,
Tamara Stjelja,
Nenad Stjelja,
Marko Stjelja,
Siniša Stjelja,
Zoran Stjelja,
Dragana Stjelja,
Momir Stjelja,
Nevenka Stjelja,
Obrad Stjelja,
Irina Stjelja,
Damir Stjelja,
Danijel Stjelja,
Vesna Stjelja,
Boris Stjelja,
Dušanka Stjelja,
Snježana Stjelja,
Marinko Stjelja,
Zdenka Stjelja