Surname Velja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Velja families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Kutina area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Velja live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zlatar (<5), Zagreb (<5), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Popovaca in Kutina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Velja (including: Veglia , Velia , Välja , Velya , Vellia , Welia , Welya , Veliah and Velliah ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Vellia " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Indonesia. "Veliah " is used by few people in the United States. "Veglia " is used by some 2000 people in Italy , about 700 in Argentina , and some 500 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Terezija Velja, Josip Velja, Drago Velja, Snježana Velja, Zvonimir Velja, Elvis Velja, Ana Velja, Hilmi Velja, Marija Velja, Stanka Velja, Viktorija Velja, Ivanka Velja, Stjepan Velja, Štefanija Velja, David Velja, Marica Velja, Milan Velja, Pave Velja, Tereza Velja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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