Surname Ferlan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ferlan families are Croats (from Cazins Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Ferlan live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Opatija (<10), Matulji in Opatija area (<5), Kupari in Dubrovnik area (<5), and in Kuna Peljeska on the Peljesac peninsula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ferlan is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Ferlan " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Robert Ferlan, Helena Ferlan, Snježana Ferlan, Damir Ferlan, Marino Ferlan, Linda Ferlan, Iva Ferlan, Daniela Ferlan, Jadranka Ferlan, Edoardo Ferlan, Martin Ferlan, Ivan Ferlan, Ivo Ferlan, Maks Ferlan, Tihomir Ferlan, Lucijana Ferlan, Ariana Ferlan, Stanislav Ferlan, Justina Ferlan

Mentions in sources

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

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