Surname Čaja in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Čaja live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Nova Subocka (<5), Karlovac (<5), Djelekovec in Koprivnica area (<5), and in Slakovci in Vinkovci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čaja (including: Caja , Chaya , Caya , Czaja , Chaia , Caia , Chaja , Chwaja , Chvaja and Chajah ) is present in 96 countries worldwide. "Chaja " is used by some 300 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Czaja " is used by some 9000 people in Poland , about 2000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Cahya " is used by some 30000 people in Indonesia , about 80 in Malaysia , and some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Čaja, Petar Čaja, Mladen Čaja, Lovorka Čaja, Matko Čaja, Milena Čaja, Željka Čaja, Lidija Čaja, Anđa Čaja, Josip Čaja, Anka Čaja, Anđelka Čaja, Augustina Čaja, Mario Čaja, Robert Čaja, Ilija Čaja, Željko Čaja, Ivica Čaja, Dragica Čaja

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