In Croatia, Čandrlja families are generally Croats (from Orahovica ), very rarely Slovenes (also from Orahovica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Orahovica.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Čandrlja live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Dolci (15) and Rijeka (<5).