Surname Panian in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Panian families are Croats (from Dugo Selo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Panian live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Dugo Selo (10), Zagreb (<10), Vele Drage in Vrbovsko area (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Panian (including: Panyan , Panjan , Pannyan , Phanian , Pahnian and Pannian ) is present in 25 countries on four continents. The family name "Panian " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and small number of people in Tanzania. "Panyan " is used by some 100 people in Armenia , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 50 people in the United States. "Pannian " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Panian, Tin Panian, Zdravko Panian, Ivana Panian, Dragutin Panian, Mirna Panian, Nenad Panian, Mira Panian, Željka Panian, Marica Panian, Vladimir Panian, Anica Panian, Jagoda Panian, Davor Panian, Ladislav Panian, Ljubica Panian, Draga Panian, Juraj Panian, Rozalija Panian

Mentions in sources

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

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