In Croatia, Gorjan families are predominantly Croats (from Zapresic ), rarely Italians (from Buje area ), and barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zapresic.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Gorjan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zapresic (25), Zagreb (<10), Buje (<10), Krasica (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).