Surname Bilen in modern Croatia

Bilen families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj and Rijeka. In places Stinica and Jablanac in Senj every tenth inhabitant had the family name Bilen.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Bilen live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Rijeka (75), Zagreb (35), Senj (15), Pozega (10), and in Klana in Opatija area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Canada (2), Switzerland (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Bilen (including: Belen , Bielen , Billen , Bylen , Bylehn , Billien , Bileen , Byleen and Bierlen ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Bielen " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 1000 in Belgium , and some 800 people in the United States. "Bileen " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bylen " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in Kenya.

Characteristic first names

Petar Bilen, Vesna Bilen, Miljenko Bilen, Zrinka Bilen, Darko Bilen, Hrvoje Bilen, Zlatko Bilen, Milica Bilen, Domagoj Bilen, Ivor Bilen, Sanjin Bilen, Zoran Bilen, Ružica Bilen, Zdravko Bilen, Mladen Bilen, Roland Bilen, Martina Bilen, Marin Bilen, Nikica Bilen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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