Surname Klemen in modern Croatia

Klemen families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Djakovo.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Klemen live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 230 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 15 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Djakovo (55), Zagreb (40), Zajezda in Zlatar area (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klemen (including: Clemen , Chelemen , Clemmen and Klemmen ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Klemen " is used by some 300 people in Austria , about 200 in Indonesia , and some 80 people in the United States. "Clemen " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Germany , and some 900 people in the United States. "Chelemen " is used by some 500 people in Romania , small number in Spain , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vilim Klemen, Željka Klemen, Stjepan Klemen, Dragana Klemen, Danko Klemen, Klementina Klemen, Josip Klemen, Franjo Klemen, Marin Klemen, Nikola Klemen, Senka Klemen, Leonard Klemen, Zlatko Klemen, Milica Klemen, Miro Klemen, Mario Klemen, Maja Klemen, Ljudevit Klemen, Siniša Klemen

Mentions in sources

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

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