Surname Šalaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šalaj families are predominantly Croats (from Ilok area ), rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šalaj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Stari Jankovci in Vinkovci area (10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Lovas in Ilok area (<5), and in Mocici in Dubrovnik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šalaj (including: Salaj , Salai , Salay , Szalay , Shalay , Sallay , Szalaj , Sallaj , Shalaj and Shalai ) is present in 95 countries worldwide. "Salay " is used by some 1000 people in Iraq , about 900 in Guatemala , and some 700 people in the United States. "Szalaj " is used by some 800 people in Poland and about 80 in the United States. "Sallaj " is used by some 400 people in Jordan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Albania.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Šalaj, Berto Šalaj, Ivan Šalaj, Bojan Šalaj, Andreja Šalaj, Kata Šalaj, Đani Šalaj, Vladimir Šalaj, Ružica Šalaj, Franjo Šalaj, Luka Šalaj, Matija Šalaj, Veronika Šalaj, Andrija Šalaj, Ljuba Šalaj, Svetlana Šalaj, Gabrijela Šalaj, Berislav Šalaj, Ivona Šalaj

Mentions in sources

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

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