Surname Vrkljan in modern Croatia

Vrkljan families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Vrkljan live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Slavonski Brod (50), Gospic (40), Podvinje (30), and in Sisak (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (5), Canada (4), Austria (3), Australia (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Vrkljan (including: Verkljan , Vrklyan ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Vrkljan " is used by some 60 people in Zambia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Milan Vrkljan, Berislav Vrkljan, Josip Vrkljan, Zlatan Vrkljan, Darko Vrkljan, Maja Vrkljan, Marko Vrkljan, Stjepan Vrkljan, Mirjana Vrkljan, Jurica Vrkljan, Dorijan Vrkljan, Radenko Vrkljan, Jasenka Vrkljan, Nela Vrkljan, Petar Vrkljan, Ivan Vrkljan, Jelena Vrkljan, Josica Vrkljan, Gordana Vrkljan

Mentions in sources

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

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