Surname Klajn in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Klajn families are generally Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Vukovar ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Ivanic-Grad area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Klajn live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and threee other places, mostly in Djakovo (<10), Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Kula in Orahovica area (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klajn (including: Klein , Klain , Klayn , Clein , Chlajn , Kleinn , Kleiin and Khlein ) is present in 149 countries worldwide. "Klain " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 700 in the United States , and some 700 people in Israel. "Klein " is used by some 200000 people in Germany , about 200000 in the United States , and some 60000 people in Brazil. "Clein " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 300 in the United States , and some 80 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Dragutin Klajn, Damir Klajn, Olga Klajn, Dalibor Klajn, Klaudio Klajn, Boris Klajn, Renata Klajn, Hugo Klajn, Ranko Klajn, Davor Klajn, Eduard Klajn, Matija Klajn, Mihajlo Klajn, Jelena Klajn, Jasminka Klajn, Željka Klajn, Tea Klajn, Ivan Klajn, Miroslav Klajn

Mentions in sources

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

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