Surname Surian in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Surian families are predominantly Croats (from Bakr area ), very rarely Serbs, and .

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Surian live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), Martinscica in Bakr area (<5), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Surian (including: Suryan , Shuryan , Suherian , Shurian and Suhrian ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Shurian " is used by small number of people in Iran and small number in the United States. "Suryan " is used by some 400 people in Indonesia , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Brazil. "Shuryan " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Leonora Surian, Giorgio Surian, Mirjana Surian, Leonida Surian, Mirna Surian, Mario Surian, Ivan Surian, Nives Surian, Dušanka Surian, Zorica Surian, Antonella Surian, Stefano Surian, Adele Surian, Francesca Surian, Francesco Surian, Francisco Surian, Franjo Surian, Giovanna Surian, Giovanni Surian

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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