Varljen families are Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area. According to some sources they originate from France. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Mučići in Opatija area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Varljen.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Varljen live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian counties and 9 other places, mostly in Mucici in Opatija area (15), Rijeka (15), Opatija (<10), Jurdani in Opatija area (<10), and in Viskovo in Rijeka area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.