Surname Domijan in modern Croatia

Domijan families are Croats and they are mostly from Crikvenica. According to some sources they are from Vinodolaarea. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Crikvenica. In Dramalj in Crikvenica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Domijan.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Domijan live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Dramalj (100), Zagreb (70), Crikvenica (65), Rijeka (45), and in Kraljevica (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (14), the United States (8), South Africa (1), Switzerland (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Domijan is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Domijan " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Zambia. "Domiyan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Domijan, Dražen Domijan, Marija Domijan, Tomislav Domijan, Damir Domijan, Vedran Domijan, Dubravka Domijan, Marica Domijan, Predrag Domijan, Nenad Domijan, Branko Domijan, Robert Domijan, Ivan Domijan, Ružica Domijan, Snježana Domijan, Zlatko Domijan, Silvija Domijan, Nino Domijan, Marko Domijan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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