Surname Validžija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Validžija families are generally Croats (from Petrinja ), very rarely Hungarians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Petrinja and Sisak. In Župić in Petrinja every seventh inhabitant had the family name Validžija.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Validžija live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zupic (10), Zagreb (<10), Rajevo Selo in Zupanja area (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Bulinac in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Validžija is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Goran Validžija, Iva Validžija, Domagoj Validžija, Tihomir Validžija, Željko Validžija, Dražen Validžija, Mirko Validžija, Mato Validžija, Ankica Validžija, Martin Validžija, Maja Validžija, Stevo Validžija, Zlatko Validžija, Josip Validžija, Igor Validžija, Suzana Validžija, Jelka Validžija, Barica Validžija, Marica Validžija

Mentions in sources

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

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