Surname Šuman in modern Croatia

Šuman families are Croats and they are mostly from Ploce. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Ploce.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Šuman live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Komin (90), Zagreb (30), Metkovic (<10), Ploce (<10), and in Velika Gorica (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šuman (including: Suman , Shuman , Schuman , Summan , Szuman , Sumann , Schueman , Suuman , Shueman and Sueman ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. "Shuman " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Bangladesh , and some 2000 people in Egypt. "Schuman " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 300 people in South Africa. "Schueman " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Šuman, Lidija Šuman, Stjepan Šuman, Rikard Šuman, Orest Šuman, Vjera Šuman, Sabrina Šuman, Katjuša Šuman, Mijo Šuman, Zvonimir Šuman, Marko Šuman, Dragana Šuman, Višnja Šuman, Snježana Šuman, Fabijan Šuman, Ivo Šuman, Mile Šuman, Cmiljka Šuman, Josipa Šuman

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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