Surname Paljan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Paljan families are generally Croats (from Cazma area ), very rarely Czechs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Garesnica. In Šimljanik in Cazma area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Paljan.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Paljan live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Bjelovar (10), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), Kutina (<5), and in Korenica in Otocac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Paljan (including: Palyan , Palian , Pallian , Palliyan , Palihan and Paljhan ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Paljan " is used by few people in the United States. "Palian " is used by some 600 people in Peru , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Mauritius. "Pallian " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Saudi Arabia.

Characteristic first names

Hrvojka Paljan, Dražen Paljan, Davorin Paljan, Hrvoje Paljan, Dean Paljan, Boris Paljan, Jelena Paljan, Branka Paljan, Ivan Paljan, Jadranko Paljan, Anđelka Paljan, Ingeborg Paljan, Mato Paljan, Željko Paljan, Dalibor Paljan, Damir Paljan, Josip Paljan, Mara Paljan, Jasminka Paljan

Mentions in sources

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

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