Surname Čortan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čortan families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Otocac area. In Debelo Brdo in Obrovac area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Čortan.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čortan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Debelo Brdo in Obrovac area (15), Korenica in Otocac area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čortan (including: Ciortan , Cortan , Csortan , Chemortan , Chortan and Corthan ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Cortan " is used by some 200 people in the Philippines , small number in Korea (South) , and small number of people in the United States. "Corthan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Čortan, Milovan Čortan, Marijan Čortan, Snježana Čortan, Dalibor Čortan, Gordana Čortan, Duško Čortan, Nino Čortan, Bojan Čortan, Žarko Čortan, Ljiljana Čortan, Marica Čortan, Mira Čortan, Dragan Čortan, Savka Čortan, Jovica Čortan, Helena Čortan, Biljana Čortan, Lada Čortan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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