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Surname Varelija in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Varelija families are almost entirely Croats (from Novi Vinodolski area ), barely Montenegrins (from Porec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Varelija live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (10), Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Porec (<5), and in Novi Vinodolski (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Varelija is present in 6 countries on two continents.
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Characteristic first names
Zlatan Varelija,
Majda Varelija,
Vanja Varelija,
Matija Varelija,
Grozdana Varelija,
Vladimir Varelija,
Robert Varelija,
Dubravka Varelija,
Iva Varelija,
Katarina Varelija,
Josip Varelija,
Željka Varelija,
Krešimir Varelija,
Daniel Varelija,
Anđelko Varelija,
Željko Varelija,
Ivan Varelija,
Vesna Varelija,
Stanko Varelija