In Croatia, Hribljan families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj area and in Slovenia. In Jurovski Brod in Ozalj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Hribljan.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Hribljan live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Bjelovar (15), in Jurovski Brod (15) and Bubnjaracki Brod (15) in Ozalj area, Zagreb (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Germany (1), and to the United States (1). Family name Hribljan is present in five countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.