Surname Habjan in modern Croatia

Habjan families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Habjan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Zagreb (15), Belica in Cakovec area (10), Donja Dubrava in Koprivnica area (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Habjan (including: Habian , Habyan and Chabyan ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Habjan " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Austria , and some 50 people in Canada. "Habyan " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Habian " is used by some 300 people in Syria , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Boštjan Habjan, Marijana Habjan, Zoran Habjan, Ivan Habjan, Stanislav Habjan, Mario Habjan, Marsel Habjan, Boris Habjan, Olivija Habjan, Toni Habjan, Renata Habjan, Ana Habjan, Dejan Habjan, Natalija Habjan, Marjan Habjan, Mirjana Habjan, Olivera Habjan, Jasmina Habjan, Dijana Habjan

Mentions in sources

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

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