Surname Klarin in modern Croatia

Klarin families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zadar. In Jezera on the Island of Murter every sixth inhabitant had the family name Klarin.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Klarin live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Jezera on the Island of Murter (140), Zadar (75), Split (30), Zagreb (25), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Klarin (including: Clarin , Klarien ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Klarin " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Sweden , and small number of people in Thailand. "Klarien " is used by few people in the United States. "Clarin " is used by some 10000 people in the Philippines , about 900 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Neven Klarin, Mira Klarin, Ljiljana Klarin, Borislav Klarin, Branko Klarin, Čedomil Klarin, Vjekoslav Klarin, Ernest Klarin, Mate Klarin, Ivo Klarin, Natalija Klarin, Miro Klarin, Svinga Klarin, Pave Klarin, Davor Klarin, Sofija Klarin, Ante Klarin, Nevenka Klarin, Josip Klarin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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