Surname Basan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Basan families are generally Croats (from Opatija area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Basan live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Lovran in Opatija area (15), Opric (<5), Zagreb (<5), Bartolovec in Varazdin area (<5), and in Moscenicka Draga in Opatija area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Basan (including: Bassan , Bashan , Baasan , Bhasan , Bahsan , Bhashan , Basann and Basshan ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. "Basshan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Basan, Roberto Basan, Đeni Basan, Miroslav Basan, Mirjana Basan, Marija Basan, Kristijan Basan, Mario Basan, Franjica Basan, Serđo Basan, Radomir Basan, Kazimir Basan, Ljiljana Basan, Ivanka Basan, Sandra Basan, Klara Basan, Anton Basan, Milena Basan, Jovanka Basan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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