Surname Svilan in modern Croatia

Svilan families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir and Split.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Svilan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Trogir (55), Segotici in Pula area (<5), Okrug Gornji on the Island of Ciovo (<5), Seget Donji in Trogir area (<5), and in Zedno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Svilan is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Svelan " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Lucijana Svilan, Siniša Svilan, Dragica Svilan, Mario Svilan, Antonija Svilan, Ivana Svilan, Vesna Svilan, Sanja Svilan, Marija Svilan, Slaviša Svilan, Miroslava Svilan, Brankica Svilan, Blaženka Svilan, Tomislav Svilan, Nedjeljko Svilan, Mirjana Svilan, Nenad Svilan, Ante Svilan, Ivica Svilan

Mentions in sources

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

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