In Croatia, Šentija families are Croats (from Sinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Šentija live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Brnaze (35), Citluk (<10), Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), and in Sinj (<5).