Surname Zoran in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zoran families are mainly Croats (from Split ), less frequently Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Zoran live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in five Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<5), Split (<5), Zadar (<5), Labin (<5), and in Leticani (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zoran is present in 43 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Matjaž Zoran, Mislav Zoran, Maja Zoran, Maria Zoran, Mirjana Zoran, Josip Zoran, Nikola Zoran, Nataša Zoran, Ivan Zoran, Aleksandra Zoran, Elka Zoran, Goran Zoran, Mateja Zoran, Nikolaj Zoran, Ivana Zoran, Jozić Zoran, Jože Zoran, Mara Zoran, Milka Zoran

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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