Surname Frlan in modern Croatia

Frlan families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Lastovo. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Vivodina in Ozalj every third inhabitant had the family name Frlan.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Frlan live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Kastav (40), Rijeka (40), Matulji in Opatija area (20), and in Cavle in Rijeka area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Frlan is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Frlan " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Ferlan " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia , about 80 in the United States , and some 60 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Frlan, Damodar Frlan, Mario Frlan, Sanjin Frlan, Mirela Frlan, Slobodan Frlan, Hrvoje Frlan, Bojan Frlan, Branka Frlan, Augustin Frlan, Vedrana Frlan, Tina Frlan, Nikola Frlan, Bruno Frlan, Vinko Frlan, Sandra Frlan, Đurđa Frlan, Vladimir Frlan, Boris Frlan

Mentions in sources

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

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