Surname Piljan in modern Croatia

Piljan families are Croats and they are mostly from Pula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Piljan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 7 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Bokordici in Labin area (20), Fazana (10), and in Bibici (<10) and Svetvincenat (<5) in Labin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Piljan (including: Pilihan , Phillian , Pilian , Peljhan , Pelian , Pilyan , Philyan , Piglian and Pillian ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Piljan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Pillian " is used by few people in the United States. "Philyan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Piljan, Rinaldo Piljan, Sonja Piljan, Marino Piljan, Mirjana Piljan, Sandi Piljan, Sandra Piljan, Edi Piljan, Silvio Piljan, Alma Piljan, Tatjana Piljan, Slavica Piljan, Marija Piljan, Silvano Piljan, Zorka Piljan, Branko Piljan, Doris Piljan, Matija Piljan, Aldo Piljan

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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