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Surname Šalja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šalja families are mainly Croats (from Rovinj area ), less frequently Albanians (from Bakr area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo and in Cakovec.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Šalja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Cervar-Porat (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), Vrsar in Rovinj area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šalja (including: Salia , Saliha , Salya , Shalya , Salja , Shalia , Sallia , Shalja , Saljah and Schalia ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Shalia " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schalia " is used by few people in the United States. "Sallia " is used by small number of people in Morocco , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Indonesia , small number of people in Italy.
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Characteristic first names
Nikola Šalja,
Renata Šalja,
Niko Šalja,
Patricija Šalja,
Damir Šalja,
Kastriot Šalja,
Marko Šalja,
Ivana Šalja,
Anton Šalja,
Adem Šalja,
Maja Šalja,
Petra Šalja,
Danka Šalja,
Diego Šalja,
Matija Šalja,
Ndue Šalja,
Hilj Šalja,
Sonja Šalja,
Ljiljana Šalja
