In Croatia, Maljan families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Maljan live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in only two naselja i to in Karlovac (<5) and Cerovac Vukmanicki (<5).