Surname Dejan in modern Croatia

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Dejan live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Metkovic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dejan (including: Deegan , Deewan , Deyan , Deepan , Deehan , Delyan , Deesan , Deian and Deean ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. The family name "Dejan " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Romania. "Deian " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Deean " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Dejan, Dajana Dejan, Ana Dejan, Ante Dejan, Antica Dejan, Ivka Dejan, Jakov Dejan, Jela Dejan, Lovre Dejan, Lovro Dejan, Lucija Dejan, Marija Dejan, Marije Dejan, Marko Dejan, Matija Dejan, Ruža Dejan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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