Surname Klen in modern Croatia

Klen families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area. In Jurketinec in Ivanec area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Klen.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Klen live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Varazdin (30), Zagreb (25), Jurketinec in Ivanec area (25), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (20), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Klen (including: Kleen , Clen , Klehn , Cleen , Klähn , Klöhn , Klenn , Qlen and Khlen ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Kleen " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 1000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Mexico. "Klehn " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 100 in the United States. "Klenn " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Roberta Klen, Dubravko Klen, Davor Klen, Vlado Klen, Nenad Klen, Ivica Klen, Miroslav Klen, Lidija Klen, Krešimir Klen, Sara Klen, Radmila Klen, Jasna Klen, Dejan Klen, Katica Klen, Kristina Klen, Stjepan Klen, Ivan Klen, Tanja Klen, Branko Klen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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