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Surname Ilijev in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Ilijev families are Croats by relative majority (from Bjelovar ), rarely Bulgarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Serbia and in Beli Manastir area.
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Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Ilijev live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Batina in Beli Manastir area (<10), Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5), Dramalj (<5), Bjelovar (<5), and in Umag (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ilijev (including: Eliyev , Iliaev , Iliyev , Elieev and Ilijew ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Ilijev " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Venezuela.
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Characteristic first names
Vanja Ilijev,
Tomislav Ilijev,
Perica Ilijev,
Atanas Ilijev,
Mitko Ilijev,
Nada Ilijev,
Dijana Ilijev,
Barbara Ilijev,
Anton Ilijev,
Matija Ilijev,
Ana Ilijev,
Stoimenka Ilijev,
Stojimenka Ilijev,
Isidor Ilijev,
Slavko Ilijev,
Kata Ilijev,
Dragica Ilijev,
Ivan Ilijev,
Julijan Ilijev