Surname Miljan in modern Croatia

Miljan families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and Zagreb. In Pristava Krapinska in Krapina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Miljan.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Miljan live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Radoboj in Krapina area (50), Pristava Krapinska (30), Krapina (25), and in Ivanic-Grad (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Miljan (including: Milian , Melian , Millican , Millian , Milyan , Millyan , Miglian , Milliean and Mielyan ) is present in 99 countries worldwide. The family name "Miljan " is used by some 70 people in the United States , about 70 in Estonia , and some 60 people in Canada. "Milian " is used by some 10000 people in Guatemala , about 7000 in Cuba , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Millian " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 400 in Brazil , and some 300 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Željko Miljan, Mladen Miljan, Damir Miljan, Ivan Miljan, Davor Miljan, Ingrid Miljan, Suzana Miljan, Mirjana Miljan, Žarko Miljan, Slavica Miljan, Majda Miljan, Sandra Miljan, Eugen Miljan, Sonja Miljan, Klaudija Miljan, Siniša Miljan, Zdravko Miljan, Mihaela Miljan, Nada Miljan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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