In Croatia, Travalja families are almost entirely Croats (from Pazin area ), barely Bosniaks (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula.
Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Travalja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Pula (20), Rijeka (15), Krasica (<10), and in Marinici (<10) and Grobnik (<5) in Rijeka area.