Surname Tian in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tian families are Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Tian live in Croatia today, in three households only. 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 (<5), Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Podhum in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tian (including: Tyan , Thian , Tihan , Thayan , Tiann , Tieran , Tyann , Tiaan and Tiean ) is present in 116 countries worldwide. The family name "Tian " is used by some 30000 people in Japan , about 10000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Indonesia. "Tiean " is used by few people in the United States. "Tiann " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Tian, Elio Tian, Maria Tian, Marino Tian, Tulio Tian, Yuan Tian, Meng Tian, Claudio Tian, Nada Tian, Ana Tian, Antun Tian, Karolina Tian, Lovro Tian, Lucija Tian, Mate Tian, Matejka Tian, Mato Tian, Miha Tian, Miho Tian

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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