Surname Palijan in modern Croatia

Palijan families are Croats and they are mostly from Lika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Nova Gradiska area.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Palijan live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Lovas in Ilok area (35), Kaniska Iva (15), Bjelovar (15), and in Tovarnik in Ilok area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Austria (3), Australia (3), and to the United States (2).
Family name Palijan (including: Paliyan , Palliyan ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Paliyan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Palijan, Krunoslav Palijan, Tihomir Palijan, Ana Palijan, Ivan Palijan, Siniša Palijan, Ante Palijan, Liljana Palijan, Marija Palijan, Stjepan Palijan, Franjo Palijan, Zlatko Palijan, Ivica Palijan, Velibor Palijan, Vesna Palijan, Marina Palijan, Romeo Palijan, Zvonimir Palijan, Marko Palijan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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