Surname Herijan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Herijan families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Herijan live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Djedina Rijeka in Pleternica area (<10), Pozega (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Herijan (including: Cheriyan , Heriyan , Theriyan and Chheriyan ) is present in 31 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Herijan, Antonija Herijan, Milan Herijan, Igor Herijan, Ivana Herijan, Franjo Herijan, Regina Herijan, Štefica Herijan, Mihaela Herijan, Matej Herijan, Valentin Herijan, Gabriel Herijan, Marija Herijan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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