Surname Dolan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dolan families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Dolan live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Graberje Ivanicko (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dolan (including: Doolan , Dolhan , Dollan , Dolaan , Dholan , Dollian and Dhollan ) is present in 98 countries worldwide. The family name "Dolan " is used by some 50000 people in the United States , about 4000 in Great Britain , and some 4000 people in Canada. "Doolan " is used by some 2000 people in Australia , about 2000 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ireland. "Dollian " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Dolan, Adriano Dolan, Carol Dolan, Milan Dolan, Zlatko Dolan, Martina Dolan, Stanka Dolan, Mario Dolan, Viktoria Dolan, Mara Dolan, Dorothy Dolan

Mentions in sources

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

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