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Surname Vanja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Vanja families are generally Croats (from Bjelovar ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Varazdin.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Vanja live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Matulji in Opatija area (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Zagreb (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Vanja (including: Wanja , Vania , Vanya , Wanjah , Vagna , Vhanja , Vanjah , Vannya and Vanjaa ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. "Vanjah " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Marino Vanja,
Andrea Vanja,
Đurđica Vanja,
Davorka Vanja,
Irena Vanja,
Tina Vanja,
Vlado Vanja,
Siniša Vanja,
Ivan Vanja,
Tomislav Vanja,
Tihomir Vanja,
Vlastimil Vanja,
Danica Vanja,
Mijo Vanja,
Jagoda Vanja,
Damir Vanja,
Zlata Vanja,
Dario Vanja,
Martina Vanja