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Surname Gorjan in modern Croatia
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.
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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).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Gorjan (including: Gorian , Goryan and Gorjaan ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Goryan " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , about 70 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Maja Gorjan,
Elvira Gorjan,
Ivančica Gorjan,
Zlatko Gorjan,
Miroslav Gorjan,
Darko Gorjan,
Ivan Gorjan,
Branka Gorjan,
Ratko Gorjan,
Dragan Gorjan,
Martina Gorjan,
Endi Gorjan,
Mauro Gorjan,
Stjepan Gorjan,
Nela Gorjan,
Štefica Gorjan,
Daniela Gorjan,
Kristina Gorjan,
Sanja Gorjan
