Surname Šolja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šolja families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šolja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 12 other places, mostly in Cakovec (20), Bjelovar (<5), Brezje in Cakovec area (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Orehovica in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šolja (including: Solja , Soliha , Solia , Sholiha , Soliah , Soglia , Sholya , Sollia , Sholia and Schollia ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Solja " is used by some 300 people in Finland , about 60 in Ghana , and small number of people in the United States. "Schollia " is used by few people in the United States. "Soliah " is used by some 800 people in Indonesia , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Malaysia.

Characteristic first names

Davorka Šolja, Dejan Šolja, Tomislav Šolja, Boris Šolja, Vesna Šolja, Josip Šolja, Dragica Šolja, Danijela Šolja, Stjepan Šolja, Nada Šolja, Gordana Šolja, Marijan Šolja, Ivana Šolja, Maja Šolja, Dubravka Šolja, Mandalena Šolja, Vladimir Šolja, Antun Šolja, Zlatica Šolja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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