Surname Čala in modern Croatia

Čala families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Čala live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Sibenik (45), Zagreb (25), Split (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čala (including: Cala , Chala , Calla , Calaa , Csala , Ccala , Calha , Cahla , Ciala and Czala ) is present in 121 countries worldwide. "Cahla " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ciala " is used by few people in the United States. "Czala " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Svjetlana Čala, Krešimir Čala, Lasta Čala, Ivo Čala, Zoran Čala, Dubravka Čala, Mirko Čala, Petra Čala, Mendi Čala, Denis Čala, Marijana Čala, Vedran Čala, Ante Čala, Ljubica Čala, Melinda Čala, Filip Čala, Jadranka Čala, Sanja Čala, Maja Čala

Mentions in sources

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

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