Surname Zahija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zahija families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zahija live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Krk (15) and Vrbnik (15) on the Island of Krk, Zagreb (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zahija (including: Zachwieja , Zahiya , Zahiyya , Zahiyah , Zaahiya and Zachieja ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Zachieja " is used by few people in the United States. "Zachwieja " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Zahija, Marija Zahija, Davorka Zahija, Ljiljana Zahija, Ljubinko Zahija, Dragan Zahija, Davor Zahija, Vesna Zahija, Josip Zahija, Alenka Zahija, Dejan Zahija, Jeronim Zahija, Petar Zahija, Ivan Zahija, Vjekoslav Zahija, Jerko Zahija, Katica Zahija, Klaudijo Zahija, Katarina Zahija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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