Surname Jančan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jančan families are generally Croats (from Vrbovsko area ), rarely Slovenes (also from Vrbovsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko area and in Slovenia. In Jančani in Vrbovsko area every third inhabitant had the family name Jančan.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Jančan 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 four naselja i to in Jancani in Vrbovsko area (<10), Vrbovsko (<5), Spahici in Vrbovsko area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jančan (including: Jancan , Yancan , Janchan and Yanchan ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Jancan " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Janchan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yanchan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maja Jančan, Marija Jančan, Franjo Jančan, Robert Jančan, Marijanka Jančan, Mato Jančan, Katica Jančan, Petar Jančan, Bara Jančan, Marko Jančan, Ana Jančan, Mijo Jančan, Danica Jančan, Zdenka Jančan, Slavo Jančan, Barbara Jančan, Janko Jančan, Marijana Jančan, Pero Jančan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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