Surname Ažman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ažman families are predominantly Croats (from Sibenik area ), rarely Italians (from Rijeka ), and very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area) and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Ažman live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Bilice in Sibenik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ažman (including: Azman , Hazman , Azziman , Azzman , Azhaman , Azhiman and Azmann ) is present in 52 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Josip Ažman, Dražen Ažman, Jasna Ažman, Sanja Ažman, Bojana Ažman, Ruža Ažman, Vilim Ažman, Janez Ažman, Anton Ažman, Andrej Ažman, Irena Ažman, Branko Ažman, Darko Ažman, Vesna Ažman, Ćiril Ažman, Vladimir Ažman, Radojka Ažman, Ivica Ažman, Miroslav Ažman

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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