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Surname Gortan in modern Croatia
Gortan families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin. In Beram in Pazin every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gortan.
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Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Gortan live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Marcana in Pula area (35), Pazin (25), Beram (20), Pula (20), and in Zagreb (10).
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Outside Croatia
At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (3), Belgium (1), Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Gortan is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Gorthan " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Kristijan Gortan,
Željko Gortan,
Dušan Gortan,
Robert Gortan,
Tanja Gortan,
Damir Gortan,
Miran Gortan,
Krešimir Gortan,
Marijan Gortan,
Matko Gortan,
Leo Gortan,
Petra Gortan,
Ana Gortan,
Ira Gortan,
Tomislav Gortan,
Dalibor Gortan,
Dijana Gortan,
Sonja Gortan,
Rosanna Gortan
