In Croatia, Soltan families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Soltan live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four naselja i to in Bratina (50), Kupinec (<10) and Donja Kupcina (<5) in Jastrebarsko area, and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Soltan (including: Sollitan , Solthan and Sooltan ) is present in 56 countries worldwide.
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.