Surname Krljan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Krljan families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina. In Gradec Pokupski in Jastrebarsko area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Krljan.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Krljan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Gornje Psarjevo (20), Zagreb (10), Gradec Pokupski in Jastrebarsko area (10), Jastrebarsko (<10), and in Rakovec in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krljan (including: Chorlian , Chirlian and Kerlian ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. "Kerlian " is used by few people in the United States. "Chorlian " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Chirlian " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Krljan, Anđelko Krljan, Srečko Krljan, Saša Krljan, Ivica Krljan, Anamarija Krljan, Kata Krljan, Krunoslav Krljan, Sandra Krljan, Vladimir Krljan, Marija Krljan, Renata Krljan, Ana Krljan, Damir Krljan, Nikolina Krljan, Janko Krljan, Đuro Krljan, Stjepan Krljan, Ivan Krljan

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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