Surname Talijan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Talijan families are predominantly Croats (from Belisce ), rarely Serbs (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ), and very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Talijan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (10), Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Beli Manastir (<10), and in Djurdjevac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Talijan (including: Taliyan , Thaliyan , Taaliuan , Taliuan and Talliyan ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Talijan " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Taliyan " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dušan Talijan, Vladimir Talijan, Zoran Talijan, Snježana Talijan, Draško Talijan, Stojan Talijan, Ines Talijan, Ljilja Talijan, Marica Talijan, Željko Talijan, Mateja Talijan, Ivan Talijan, Maja Talijan, Branislav Talijan, Jaga Talijan, Nikolina Talijan, Vera Talijan, Tanja Talijan, Suzana Talijan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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