Surname Talan in modern Croatia

Talan families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Rivalno in Ludbreg area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Talan.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Talan live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Cakovec (15), Koprivnica (15), Hlebine in Koprivnica area (15), and in Ivanovec (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Talan (including: Tallián , Talhan , Tallan , Tahlan , Tallian , Talán , Thalan , Thallan and Talaan ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Thalan " is used by few people in the United States. "Tallan " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 80 in Indonesia , and small number of people in Great Britain , small number of people in Trinidad and Tobago. "Tallian " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Talan, Stjepan Talan, Vesna Talan, Nikica Talan, Jasenka Talan, Nadia Talan, Vladimir Talan, Damir Talan, Gorana Talan, Ivan Talan, Zlatko Talan, Vlatka Talan, Matija Talan, Dragica Talan, Anđelka Talan, Darko Talan, Dubravko Talan, Slavko Talan, Danica Talan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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