Panijan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Vrbovsko.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Panijan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Lasinja in Jastrebarsko area (10), Zagreb (<10), Tar (<10), Ruca in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), and in Vrbovsko (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Panijan (including: Paniyan , Panniyan ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Panijan " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
