Surname Tijan in modern Croatia

Tijan families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Tijan live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Zagreb (15), Cazma (15), Delnice (<10), and in Velika in Pozega area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Australia (3), Germany (2), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Tijan (including: Tiyan , Tiuan , Thielan , Tieran , Tiahan , Tieyan , Tiaan , Thiyan and Tiejan ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Tijan " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Gambia. "Tieyan " is used by few people in the United States. "Tiuan " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavao Tijan, Edvard Tijan, Gloria Tijan, Hrvoje Tijan, Zrinko Tijan, Dario Tijan, Davor Tijan, Domagoj Tijan, Goran Tijan, Stjepan Tijan, Jelka Tijan, Manuela Tijan, Dražen Tijan, Vatroslav Tijan, Andrej Tijan, Karmen Tijan, Zvjezdana Tijan, Vladimir Tijan, Biserka Tijan

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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