Surname Zulijan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zulijan families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Labin area. In Pajkovići in Labin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Zulijan.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Zulijan live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Pajkovici in Labin area (10), Luzani in Pleternica area (<10), Gajana in Pula area (<10), Zeliski in Labin area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zulijan is present in 7 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Rozana Zulijan, Ivan Zulijan, Josip Zulijan, Dragan Zulijan, Dijana Zulijan, Jadranka Zulijan, Mario Zulijan, Slavica Zulijan, Danijel Zulijan, Dunja Zulijan, Anton Zulijan, Lidija Zulijan, Dragutin Zulijan, Dragica Zulijan, Milka Zulijan, Antun Zulijan, Nada Zulijan, Anica Zulijan, Ana Zulijan

Mentions in sources

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

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