Surname Cerjan in modern Croatia

Cerjan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Cerjan live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Cerje Nebojse in Ivanec area (45), Zagreb (30), Gornji Trpuci (15), and in Marusevec (15) and Biljevec (15) in Ivanec area.

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Cerjan (including: Ceryan , Cheryan , Cerian , Zerjan and Zeryan ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Cerjan " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Ceryan " is used by some 600 people in Turkey , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Cheryan " is used by some 80 people in Malaysia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Cerjan, Snježana Cerjan, Dragutin Cerjan, Branko Cerjan, Mladen Cerjan, Željko Cerjan, Marija Cerjan, Robert Cerjan, Davor Cerjan, Renato Cerjan, Alemka Cerjan, Silvija Cerjan, Vinko Cerjan, Milan Cerjan, Josip Cerjan, Bojan Cerjan, Ivan Cerjan, Mirjana Cerjan, Suzana Cerjan

Mentions in sources

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

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