Surname Valerjev in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Valerjev families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Valerjev live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Rijeka (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Zatka Cepic in Labin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Valerjev (including: Valeriev , Valeryev ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Valerjev " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavle Valerjev, Davor Valerjev, Ivan Valerjev, Marin Valerjev, Nela Valerjev, Ivana Valerjev, Tomislav Valerjev, Alenka Valerjev, Marija Valerjev, Anica Valerjev, Nikola Valerjev, Bepo Valerjev, Agata Valerjev, Doma Valerjev, Domina Valerjev, Dora Valerjev, Frane Valerjev, Frano Valerjev, Jerko Valerjev

Mentions in sources

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

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