Surname Tolja in modern Croatia

Tolja families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zadar. In Imotica in Dubrovnik area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Tolja.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Tolja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (40), Zadar (35), Nevidjane on the Island of Pasman (15), Imotica in Dubrovnik area (10), and in Zagreb (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tolja (including: Tolia , Tolya , Toglia , Tholia , Toliah , Tholiah , Tollja , Tollia and Tholya ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Tolia " is used by some 1000 people in Sudan , about 400 in Greece , and some 300 people in the United States. "Tollia " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States. "Tollja " is used by some 80 people in Albania and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Tolja, Blaško Tolja, Mario Tolja, Dubravka Tolja, Ivica Tolja, Barbara Tolja, Davor Tolja, Nado Tolja, Josip Tolja, Ivona Tolja, Fedor Tolja, Cvijeto Tolja, Ivo Tolja, Amanda Tolja, Edward Tolja, Zdenko Tolja, Željko Tolja, Stane Tolja, Mateo Tolja

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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