Surname Korljan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Korljan families are almost entirely Croats (from Ploce area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ploce area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Korljan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Gradac in Ploce area (35), Split (10), Zadar (10), Zagreb (10), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and France (1).
Family name Korljan (including: Chorlian , Ciorlian , Korlyan and Korlian ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Korljan " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in France. "Chorlian " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Ciorlian " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Andrej Korljan, Goran Korljan, Majda Korljan, Rade Korljan, Radoslav Korljan, Rajna Korljan, Josipa Korljan, Neven Korljan, Mario Korljan, Renato Korljan, Drago Korljan, Jure Korljan, Mirela Korljan, Mislav Korljan, Vesna Korljan, Ante Korljan, Radomir Korljan, Irma Korljan, Matij Korljan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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