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Surname Goluža in modern Croatia
Goluža families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Montenegro (Boka kotorska, Budva). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Stolac area) and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In places Pješivac - Greda and Trijebanj in East Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Goluža.
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Prevalence
About 180 people with faimily name Goluža live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Djakovo (45), Metkovic (20), Dubrovnik (15), and in Split (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Goluža is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Goluza " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ivan Goluža,
Trpimir Goluža,
Slavko Goluža,
Veronika Goluža,
Marko Goluža,
Eleonora Goluža,
Vicko Goluža,
Mladen Goluža,
Željko Goluža,
Iva Goluža,
Djuro Goluža,
Mato Goluža,
Goran Goluža,
Gordan Goluža,
Vesna Goluža,
Renato Goluža,
Tihomir Goluža,
Milica Goluža,
Drago Goluža
