Jan is a male name, in Croatia principally Croatian, but also Slovak, Czech and Serbian. It is one of the more common names (among the top 500) in Croatia, with over three thousand namesakes living there.
The name Jan was the most popular from years 2010 to 2013, when about 30% of the persons bearing this name were born. The peak year was 2012.
Prevalence
Name Jan is relatively more common in the north of the country. Most of the persons named Jan live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (over five hundred), Rijeka (about eighty), Pula (about thirty). Relatively speaking, the city with the highest percentage of namesakes is Ilok (0.11% of total population).
Name Jan around the globe
See the countries where name Jan is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai
Mentions in sources
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
