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Surname Brtan in modern Croatia
Brtan families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. According to some sources they are from Vrlika area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Mrkonjic Grad area). In Vlasinje in Bosnian Krajina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Brtan.
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Prevalence
About 670 people with faimily name Brtan live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 69 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Split (30), Vuka in Djakovo area (30), Zapresic (25), and in Novska (25).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Brtan (including: Bertan , Bertschman and Brtán ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Brtan " is used by some 400 people in Slovakia , small number in Sweden , and small number of people in the United States. "Bertschman " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Josip Brtan,
Ivan Brtan,
Vera Brtan,
Boris Brtan,
Zoran Brtan,
Marija Brtan,
Ivana Brtan,
Ivica Brtan,
Joško Brtan,
Zlatko Brtan,
Željko Brtan,
Pejo Brtan,
Miroslav Brtan,
Jadranka Brtan,
Anton Brtan,
Pera Brtan,
Branka Brtan,
Goran Brtan,
Rozalija Brtan
