Surname Bilan in modern Croatia

Bilan families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Sibenik. In Prisoje in Sinj area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bilan.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Bilan live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Split (65), Prisoje in Sinj area (55), Zadar (40), Vodice (35), and in Sibenik (30).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (2), and to Germany (2).
Family name Bilan (including: Belan , Bellan , Bielan , Bilhan , Billan , Billian , Belhan , Bylan and Bhilan ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. "Bielan " is used by some 600 people in Poland , about 100 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States. "Billian " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Indonesia. "Bylan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ozren Bilan, Ivana Bilan, Zvonimir Bilan, Renata Bilan, Svetko Bilan, Silvano Bilan, Jasenka Bilan, Josip Bilan, Diana Bilan, Ksenija Bilan, Davor Bilan, Svjetlana Bilan, Doris Bilan, Adrijano Bilan, Ines Bilan, Nilda Bilan, Šime Bilan, Branka Bilan, Goran Bilan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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