Surname Szalaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Szalaj families are mainly Croats (from Labin area ), rarely Hungarians (from Lipik ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Szalaj live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Kozljak in Labin area (<5), Lipik (<5), Kozarice (<5), and in Sigetac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Szalaj (including: Szalai , Szalay and Szallay ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Szalaj " is used by some 800 people in Poland and about 80 in the United States. "Szalay " is used by some 6000 people in Hungary , about 1000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Germany. "Szallay " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Szalaj, Stjepan Szalaj, Mariano Szalaj, Jula Szalaj, Geza Szalaj, Kata Szalaj, Ladislav Szalaj, Milka Szalaj, Terezija Szalaj, Josip Szalaj, Marija Szalaj, Igor Szalaj, Elena Szalaj, Ivan Szalaj, Julijana Szalaj, Štefica Szalaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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