Surname Matrljan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Matrljan families are almost entirely Croats (from Rijeka ), very rarely Bosniaks (also from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Matrljan live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Marinici in Rijeka area (<10), Glavani in Bakr area (<5), Njivice on the Island of Krk (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Matrljan is present in five countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Jasminka Matrljan, Kristina Matrljan, Davor Matrljan, Renata Matrljan, Damir Matrljan, Igor Matrljan, Darko Matrljan, Ljubomir Matrljan, Danko Matrljan, Boris Matrljan, Milena Matrljan, Ivo Matrljan, Mate Matrljan, Sanja Matrljan, Zdenko Matrljan, Zdravko Matrljan, Josip Matrljan, Ivana Matrljan, Viktor Matrljan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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