Surname Bujan in modern Croatia

Bujan families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. According to some sources they are from Drvara (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Slavica in Kraljevica area every second inhabitant had the family name Bujan.

Prevalence

About 480 people with faimily name Bujan live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Cakovec (55), Draganic in Karlovac area (50), Rijeka (25), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bujan (including: Bhuyan , Buyan , Bhujan , Buian , Bulyan , Bhuuyan , Bujhan , Buhyan and Buyyan ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. The family name "Bujan " is used by some 3000 people in Spain , about 2000 in Argentina , and some 400 people in the United States. "Bhuyan " is used by some 60000 people in Bangladesh , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Japan. "Bhuyyan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Bujan, Magda Bujan, Dag Bujan, Smiljan Bujan, Zlatko Bujan, Renato Bujan, Marija Bujan, Ruža Bujan, Plamenka Bujan, Veljko Bujan, Emil Bujan, Tihomir Bujan, Zdenka Bujan, Marijan Bujan, Bruno Bujan, Dino Bujan, Martina Bujan, Vesna Bujan, Nedeljko Bujan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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