Surname Veraja in modern Croatia

Veraja families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Opuzen area.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Veraja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Metkovic (90), Bijeli Vir in Opuzen area (30), Prgomet in Trogir area (<10), Split (<10), and in Djurdjanci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veraja (including: Veeraiah , Veerayya , Veraya , Veerayah , Veeraya and Veeraja ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Veraja " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Sweden. "Veraya " is used by small number of people in Malaysia and small number in the United States. "Veeraiah " is used by some 60 people in Malaysia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Singapore.

Characteristic first names

Branko Veraja, Luca Veraja, Alemka Veraja, Ivo Veraja, Pero Veraja, Drago Veraja, Slavica Veraja, Dujo Veraja, Marijana Veraja, Antonija Veraja, Nikola Veraja, Jadranka Veraja, Martina Veraja, Snježana Veraja, Antica Veraja, Marija Veraja, Štefica Veraja, Ante Veraja, Ana Veraja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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