Surname Šurjan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šurjan families are Croats (from Srijem, Vojvodina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šurjan live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Kula in Orahovica area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), Bukovlje in Slavonski Brod area (<5), and in Bosevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šurjan (including: Surjan , Surian , Suryan , Schurian , Shuryan , Suherjan , Shurian , Shurjan and Sueryan ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Surjan " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in South Africa. "Suryan " is used by some 400 people in Indonesia , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Brazil. "Shuryan " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Šurjan, Paula Šurjan, Ana Šurjan, Mirjam Šurjan, Josip Šurjan, Imre Šurjan, Franja Šurjan, Margita Šurjan, Magdalena Šurjan, Gabriela Šurjan, Ivka Šurjan, Jelena Šurjan, Anna Šurjan, Antun Šurjan, Frana Šurjan, Franjo Šurjan, Franko Šurjan, Ivan Šurjan, Ivana Šurjan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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