Surname Smiljan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Smiljan live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Josipovac (20), Cvetlin in Lepoglava area (15), Veliki Rastovac in Slatina area (10), and in Purga Bednjanska in Lepoglava area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Smiljan (including: Smilyan , Smelyan and Smilian ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Smilian " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Smiljan, Štefanija Smiljan, Franjo Smiljan, Bosiljka Smiljan, Marcel Smiljan, Jadranka Smiljan, Nikola Smiljan, Damjan Smiljan, Sanela Smiljan, Bojan Smiljan, Admir Smiljan, Izidor Smiljan, Valentina Smiljan, Damir Smiljan, Marina Smiljan, Ivan Smiljan, Renata Smiljan, Biljana Smiljan, Mihaela Smiljan

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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