Name Alija.

  • Name Alija in modern Croatia

    Alija is a dominantly male name, but sometimes female name, in Croatia largely Croatian, but also Muslim, Albanian and Romany. It is one of the quite common names (among the top thousand) in Croatia, with over five hundred namesakes living there.

  • The relative popularity of names Alija in Croatia

    The name Alija was the most popular from years 1946 to 1956. The peak year was 1946. It was the least popular from years 1969 to 1979.

  • Prevalence

    Name Alija is present mainly in North-West Croatia, and scarcely in Central Croatia. Most of the persons named Alija live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about one hundred), Rijeka (about twenty), Pula (less than twenty). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Grožnjan (0.13% of total population).

  • Name Alija around the globe

    See the countries where name Alija is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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