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Surname Zijan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Zijan families are generally Croats (from Donji Miholjac ), very rarely Macedonians (also from Donji Miholjac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Donji Miholjac.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Zijan live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Donji Miholjac (10), Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (<5), Madzari (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Zijan (including: Ziyan , Zhiyan , Zieran and Ziyaan ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Zieran " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Srećko Zijan,
Slavko Zijan,
Marijana Zijan,
Ružica Zijan,
Ivica Zijan,
Stipo Zijan,
Kata Zijan,
Jurica Zijan,
Zlatko Zijan,
Sanja Zijan,
Violeta Zijan,
Pero Zijan,
Željko Zijan,
Tomislav Zijan,
Ana Zijan,
Ivan Zijan,
Verona Zijan,
Nedeljko Zijan,
Nevenka Zijan