Furjan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area. In places Selci Križovljanski and Falinić Breg in Ivanec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Furjan.
Prevalence
About 510 people with faimily name Furjan live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 450 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Varazdin (55), Cestica in Ivanec area (40), and in Petrijanec (35) and Sracinec (30) in Varazdin area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Furjan (including: Furian , Furyan and Furlyan ) is present in 28 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.