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Surname Vanđija in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Vanđija families are almost entirely Croats (from Koprivnica area ), barely Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Virovitica.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Vanđija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (<10), Virovitica (<10), Grubisno Polje (<5), and in Koprivnicki Bregi (<5) and Glogovac (<5) in Koprivnica area.
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Outside Croatia
Family name Vanđija (including: Vandjija , Vandiya , Vandija , Vangjija , Wandiya and Vangyija ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Vangyija " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Sanjica Vanđija,
Dijana Vanđija,
Tihomir Vanđija,
Jasna Vanđija,
Mirela Vanđija,
Ivan Vanđija,
Stjepan Vanđija,
Rudolf Vanđija,
Vlasta Vanđija,
Marina Vanđija,
Helena Vanđija,
Anita Vanđija,
Rudi Vanđija,
Dragutin Vanđija,
Miroslav Vanđija,
Franjo Vanđija,
Ankica Vanđija,
Manda Vanđija,
Vesna Vanđija