Surname Godrijan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Godrijan live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (20), Volavje (<10), Gorica Svetojanska (<5), Jastrebarsko (<5), and in Draga Svetojanska (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Godrijan is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Iris Godrijan, Robert Godrijan, Josip Godrijan, Anita Godrijan, Goran Godrijan, Marica Godrijan, Nikola Godrijan, Stjepan Godrijan, Silvana Godrijan, Valentina Godrijan, Sandra Godrijan, Jelena Godrijan, Pavao Godrijan, Zvonimir Godrijan, Matija Godrijan, Ljubica Godrijan, Mira Godrijan, Mirjana Godrijan, Filip Godrijan

Mentions in sources

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

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