Surname Kalanj in modern Croatia

Kalanj families are often Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Benkovac. In Klenovica in Novi Vinodolski every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kalanj.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Kalanj live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Klenovica (35), Zadar (30), Rijeka (25), and in Vukovar (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kalanj (including: Kalani , Kalany , Kalaany , Chalany and Csalany ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. "Kalany " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Iran , and small number of people in Austria. "Csalany " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karolina Kalanj, Saša Kalanj, Goran Kalanj, Sandra Kalanj, Zoran Kalanj, Rade Kalanj, Marijan Kalanj, Nelida Kalanj, Edita Kalanj, Aleksandar Kalanj, Sanjin Kalanj, Radmila Kalanj, Tatjana Kalanj, Željko Kalanj, Dušan Kalanj, Mirjana Kalanj, Antun Kalanj, Eduard Kalanj, Darvin Kalanj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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