Surname Kaliman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kaliman families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Korcule ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kaliman live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (20), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<5), Rijeka (<5), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (<5), and in Selce (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Kaliman (including: Caliman , Khaliman , Chaliman , Calihman , Kalliman and Calliman ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Kalliman " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Calihman " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chaliman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kaliman, Đemal Kaliman, Zoran Kaliman, Melanija Kaliman, Boris Kaliman, Kristina Kaliman, Ivana Kaliman, Nino Kaliman, Ana Kaliman, Ivna Kaliman, Nikola Kaliman, Snježana Kaliman, Ivica Kaliman, Dragutin Kaliman, Gordan Kaliman, Mirjana Kaliman, Dubravka Kaliman, Damir Kaliman, Barbara Kaliman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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