Surname Prđan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Prđan families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Prđan live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Sveta Helena (<10), Brezovec Zelinski (<5), Paukovec (<5), Dugo Selo (<5), and in Paukovac in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Prđan (including: Prdhan , Perdian , Prdjan , Perdan , Prdan , Prgjan , Perdyan and Prgyan ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Perdian " is used by some 700 people in Indonesia , about 200 in Poland , and small number of people in the United States. "Perdan " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Perdyan " is used by few people in Ukraine and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Prđan, Marica Prđan, Branko Prđan, Renato Prđan, Tihana Prđan, Vlado Prđan, Mladen Prđan, Marija Prđan, Ana Prđan, Ivan Prđan, Zlata Prđan, Biserka Prđan, Branimir Prđan, Ivana Prđan, Valentina Prđan, Nikola Prđan, Lucija Prđan, Andrija Prđan, Ljuba Prđan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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