In Croatia, Valjalo families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Valjalo live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only five naselja i to in Orasac (15), Dubrovnik (15), Zagreb (<10), Dunave in Dubrovnik area (<10), and in Nova Mokosica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Valjalo is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Valjalo " is used by some 80 people in South Africa , about 70 in Chile , and small number of people in the United States. "Valialo " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.