Surname Korijan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Korijan families are generally Croats (from Buzet ), very rarely Slovenes (from Umag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Buzet and Pula. In Čiritež in Buzet every fifth inhabitant had the family name Korijan.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Korijan live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Umag (<10), Labin (<10), Roc (<5), Zarecje (<5), and in Motovun in Buzet area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Korijan (including: Koriyan , Choriyan , Khoriyan and Koeriyan ) is present in 8 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Valnea Korijan, Sanel Korijan, Serđo Korijan, Melisa Korijan, Josip Korijan, Andrea Korijan, Alenka Korijan, Mario Korijan, Timka Korijan, Gvido Korijan, Franko Korijan, Đoni Korijan, Zdenka Korijan, Klaudijo Korijan, Milica Korijan, Anđelo Korijan, Roberto Korijan, Mirjana Korijan, Sandi Korijan

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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