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Surname Gardijan in modern Croatia
Gardijan families are generally Serbs and they are mostly from Skradin , less frequently Croats (from Sibenik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Sibenik. In Plastovo in Skradin every fifth inhabitant had the family name Gardijan.
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Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Gardijan live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Plastovo (35), Zadar (35), Zagreb (25), Sibenik (25), and in Rijeka (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Gardijan (including: Gardyjan , Gardilyan ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Gardyjan " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Petar Gardijan,
Rajko Gardijan,
Ksenija Gardijan,
Branko Gardijan,
Pavle Gardijan,
Bojan Gardijan,
Dragan Gardijan,
Sonja Gardijan,
Ana Gardijan,
Saša Gardijan,
Dragica Gardijan,
Željko Gardijan,
Jadranka Gardijan,
Dejan Gardijan,
Maja Gardijan,
Mirjana Gardijan,
Mihovilka Gardijan,
Stana Gardijan,
Vinka Gardijan
