Surname Merdžan in modern Croatia

Merdžan families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Zagreb. In Bivolje Brdo in Herzegovina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Merdžan.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Merdžan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Metkovic (15), Dubrovnik (10), Gradiste in Zupanja area (<10), and in Ploce (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Merdžan (including: Merdzan , Merdan , Merdjan and Merdzhan ) is present in 37 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Merdžan, Mara Merdžan, Krešimir Merdžan, Josipa Merdžan, Mate Merdžan, Nikola Merdžan, Marinko Merdžan, Boris Merdžan, Marko Merdžan, Ivana Merdžan, Mario Merdžan, Martin Merdžan, Joško Merdžan, Željka Merdžan, Antonija Merdžan, Sanela Merdžan, Ivona Merdžan, Sandra Merdžan, Zdenko Merdžan

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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