Surname Zjalić in modern Croatia

Zjalić families are predominantly Serbs and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Sibenik. In Velika Glava in Skradin every fifth inhabitant had the family name Zjalić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Zjalić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sibenik (15), Gredjani in Nova Gradiska area (15), Podgaric in Cazma area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zjalić (including: Zjalic , Zyalic ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Zyalic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Zjalić, Milan Zjalić, Branka Zjalić, Slavko Zjalić, Boja Zjalić, Mirjana Zjalić, Damir Zjalić, Đuro Zjalić, Marokena Zjalić, Nebojša Zjalić, Milena Zjalić, Mira Zjalić, Goran Zjalić, Vojislav Zjalić, Željko Zjalić, Rada Zjalić, Zdenka Zjalić, Duško Zjalić, Milorad Zjalić

Mentions in sources

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

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