Surname Šoljan in modern Croatia

Šoljan families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar. In Rudina on the Island of Hvar every second inhabitant had the family name Šoljan.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Šoljan live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (25), Split (20), Sibenik (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Šoljan (including: Soljan , Solihan , Solian , Solyan , Schollian , Sholyan , Sholian , Soglian , Schooljan and Scholian ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Soljan " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Solyan " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 60 in Ukraine. "Solian " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 80 in Egypt , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Šoljan, Vice Šoljan, Mario Šoljan, Nada Šoljan, Ivana Šoljan, Mihovil Šoljan, Vicko Šoljan, Maja Šoljan, Marija Šoljan, Dinko Šoljan, Antun Šoljan, Andrej Šoljan, Marino Šoljan, Franko Šoljan, Jakša Šoljan, Dragan Šoljan, Patricija Šoljan, Mihaela Šoljan, Tonko Šoljan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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