Surname Šolman in modern Croatia

Šolman families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Lupinjak in Pregrada area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šolman.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šolman live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), in Hum na Sutli (15), Lupinjak (15) and Strmec Humski (15) in Pregrada area, and in Trogir (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and France (1).
Family name Šolman (including: Solman , Scholman , Sollmann , Sohlman , Sollman , Sholman , Shoolman , Shtolman , Soolman and Solmann ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Solman " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Egypt , and some 200 people in Turkey. "Sohlman " is used by some 400 people in Finland , about 200 in Sweden , and some 60 people in the United States. "Sollman " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in the Netherlands , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Damir Šolman, Nikola Šolman, Saša Šolman, Mladenka Šolman, Anđelko Šolman, Vjekoslav Šolman, Bogdanka Šolman, Jože Šolman, Ivanka Šolman, Manuela Šolman, Natalia Šolman, Miroslav Šolman, Josip Šolman, Ileana Šolman, Ružica Šolman, Vjekoslava Šolman, Tanja Šolman, Hrvoje Šolman, Jadranka Šolman

Mentions in sources

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

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