Šturlan families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Oroslavje area and in Zagreb. In Strmec Stubički in Oroslavje area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šturlan.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Šturlan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Strmec Stubicki (60) and Stubicke Toplice (35) in Oroslavje area, Zagreb (20), Pula (<5), and in Samobor (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šturlan is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.