Surname Šum in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šum families are Croats (from Dugo Selo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Osijek.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šum live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Lupoglav in Dugo Selo area (<10) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šum (including: Sum , Shum , Schum , Summ , Suhm , Szum , Suem , Schuem , Sthum and Shuem ) is present in 118 countries worldwide. "Shum " is used by some 20000 people in Hong Kong , about 5000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Malaysia. "Schum " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 100 people in Hungary. "Sthum " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Luka Šum, Ratimir Šum, Iva Šum, Ana Šum, Nikola Šum, Vidosava Šum, Krešimir Šum, Jadranka Šum, Erika Šum, Margita Šum, Zdenka Šum, Ivan Šum

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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