Surname Debelja in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Debelja live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5) and Viljevo in Donji Miholjac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Debelja (including: Debelya , Debellia ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Debellia " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Debelja, Vesna Debelja, Verica Debelja, Josip Debelja, Anica Debelja, Marija Debelja, Agata Debelja, Jula Debelja, Ana Debelja, Jozo Debelja, Vera Debelja, Ivan Debelja, Nika Debelja, Vuko Debelja, Antuna Debelja, Josipa Debelja, Joze Debelja, Mato Debelja

Mentions in sources

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

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