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Surname Zoroja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Zoroja families are Croats by relative majority (from Jastrebarsko ), less frequently Serbs, and very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and in Slovenia. In Pavlovac Vrebački in Gospic every sixth inhabitant had the family name Zoroja.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Zoroja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Kutina (<10), Rijeka (<10), Karlovac (<5), and in Jastrebarsko (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Zoroja (including: Zoraya , Zoraja and Zoroya ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Zoroya " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Zoraja " is used by small number of people in Switzerland , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Zlatko Zoroja,
Nenad Zoroja,
Aleksandar Zoroja,
Milan Zoroja,
Danijela Zoroja,
Dražena Zoroja,
Darko Zoroja,
Evelina Zoroja,
Bojan Zoroja,
Branka Zoroja,
Vesna Zoroja,
Ines Zoroja,
Tihomir Zoroja,
Mario Zoroja,
Damir Zoroja,
Marinko Zoroja,
Marija Zoroja,
Slobodanka Zoroja,
Marina Zoroja
