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Surname Šurlan in modern Croatia
Šurlan families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , whereas often Croats (also from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Novi area) and in Zagreb. In places Gornje Vodičevo and Devetaci in Bosanian Posavina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šurlan.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Šurlan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sisak (15), Varazdin (<10), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šurlan (including: Surlan , Suherlan and Shurlan ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Shurlan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Suherlan " is used by some 10000 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Mirko Šurlan,
Dario Šurlan,
Zdravko Šurlan,
Milijana Šurlan,
Snježana Šurlan,
Zoran Šurlan,
Branko Šurlan,
Mijodrag Šurlan,
Milka Šurlan,
Nadja Šurlan,
Mladen Šurlan,
Blaženka Šurlan,
Vlatko Šurlan,
Miloš Šurlan,
Spomenka Šurlan,
Boško Šurlan,
Draško Šurlan,
Davor Šurlan,
Marijana Šurlan
