Surname Florjan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Florjan families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Krapina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Florjan live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Radoboj (<10) and Gorjani Sutinski (<10) in Krapina area, Kutina (<10), Gornja Semnica in Krapina area (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Florjan (including: Florian , Floryan ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. "Floryan " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Russian Federation , and some 60 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Florjan, Barbara Florjan, Tomislav Florjan, Ivana Florjan, Krunoslav Florjan, Stjepan Florjan, Stanko Florjan, Željka Florjan, Miroslav Florjan, Marinela Florjan, Milivoj Florjan, Verona Florjan, Ljubica Florjan, Božena Florjan, Boža Florjan, Josip Florjan, Vesna Florjan, Kristina Florjan, Mladen Florjan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1672 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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