Surname Floridan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Floridan families are generally Croats (from Buzet area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Buzet area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Floridan live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Pula (<10), Matulji in Opatija area (<5), Raponji in Labin area (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Floridan is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Dragana Floridan, Sonja Floridan, Branko Floridan, Marko Floridan, Denis Floridan, Matea Floridan, Davor Floridan, Ana Floridan, Vilim Floridan, Ivan Floridan, Kristina Floridan, Marija Floridan, Slavko Floridan, Ruža Floridan, Zlatko Floridan, Živko Floridan, Đina Floridan, Trivuna Floridan, Dina Floridan

Mentions in sources

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

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