Grekaj


Grekaj is a village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostuša, North Macedonia.

Demographics

Grekaj is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1536-1539 as a village in the ziamet of Reka. The village recorded 11 households. In 1583, the village counted 20 families. It paid the timar or spahi 1070 akçe per year and had 2 mills that worked all year round. The anthroponyms recorded were overwhelmingly Albanian in character, with instances of Slavicisation:.
In statistics gathered by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village of Grekaj was inhabited by 25 Christian Albanians and 14 Muslim Albanians.
As of the 2021 census, Grekaj had 3 residents with the following ethnic composition:
  • Albanians 3
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 20 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:
  • Albanians 20