Surname Čelan in modern Croatia

Čelan families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Omis area.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Čelan live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Split (115), Cista Velika in Omis area (45), Dugopolje in Solin area (40), Zagreb (40), and in Imotski (35).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čelan (including: Celan , Chelan , Chellan , Cellan , Celann , Chmelan , Cerlan , Cheelan , Ceelan and Cellian ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. "Cellan " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 100 in Ecuador , and some 100 people in the United States. "Cerlan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ceelan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Čelan, Stjepan Čelan, Ivanka Čelan, Zora Čelan, Ivan Čelan, Silvana Čelan, Mario Čelan, Ksenija Čelan, Danijel Čelan, Joško Čelan, Božo Čelan, Nediljka Čelan, Zdeslav Čelan, Josip Čelan, Stipan Čelan, Zdenka Čelan, Petar Čelan, Anita Čelan, Marina Čelan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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