Surname Šoban in modern Croatia

Šoban families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec. In Dol Klanječki in Klanjec every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šoban.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Šoban live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Klanjec (25), Dol Klanjecki (<10), Zapresic (<5), and in Tvrdjavica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoban (including: Soban , Sobhan , Shobhan , Shoban , Sooban , Schorbahn , Sobban , Sobahn and Soobhan ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Shoban " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Sobahn " is used by few people in the United States. "Schorbahn " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Šoban, Tomislav Šoban, Valentina Šoban, Gordan Šoban, Jasna Šoban, Josip Šoban, Željko Šoban, Višnja Šoban, Tomica Šoban, Boris Šoban, Ljiljana Šoban, Zlatko Šoban, Albin Šoban, Stanislav Šoban, Stjepan Šoban, Nenad Šoban, Martina Šoban, Mateja Šoban, Bogomil Šoban

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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