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Surname Šakan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šakan families are generally Croats (from Rijeka ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Knin. In Plavno in Knin every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Šakan.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Šakan live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Lovran in Opatija area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Kastav (<5), and in Plavno (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šakan (including: Sakan , Sacan , Sakhan , Shakan , Shakhan , Shahkhan , Sakaan , Shtakan , Sakkan and Scharkan ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. "Shakan " is used by some 70 people in Turkey and small number in the United States. "Sakaan " is used by some 200 people in Syria , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia. "Scharkan " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Dražen Šakan,
Nedjeljko Šakan,
Milivoj Šakan,
Eleni Šakan,
Daniela Šakan,
Žarko Šakan,
Darko Šakan,
Olga Šakan,
Denko Šakan,
Ante Šakan,
Drago Šakan,
Milica Šakan,
Nikola Šakan,
Rajka Šakan,
Stana Šakan,
Marija Šakan,
Stojanka Šakan,
Miljenko Šakan,
Branko Šakan