Surname Žakman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žakman families are Croats (from Zabok area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zabok area. In Pobrđani in Cazma every tenth inhabitant had the family name Žakman.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Žakman live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sesvetski Kraljevec (<10), Sesvete (<10), Radakovo in Zabok area (<10), and in Ivanja Reka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žakman (including: Zakman , Zachmann , Zachman , Zackman and Zakhman ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Zakman " is used by some 80 people in Israel , small number in Iran , and small number of people in the United States. "Zackman " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Zachman " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 90 in Indonesia , and some 70 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Mario Žakman, Eduard Žakman, Božidar Žakman, Božena Žakman, Margarita Žakman, Anita Žakman, Anđelko Žakman, Igor Žakman, Vjekoslava Žakman, Branko Žakman, Nada Žakman, Mladen Žakman, Gordana Žakman, Nadica Žakman, Damir Žakman, Suzana Žakman, Josip Žakman, Tomislav Žakman, Zrinka Žakman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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