Surname Cahun in modern Croatia

Cahun families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Krapina.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Cahun live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Ivanec (10), Velika Gorica (<10), Cacinci in Orahovica area (<10), and in Benkovec in Lepoglava area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cahun (including: Chachun , Chahun and Zachun ) is present in 12 countries worldwide. "Zachun " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mihael Cahun, Davor Cahun, Zlatko Cahun, Milan Cahun, Elvedina Cahun, Miroslav Cahun, Dragutin Cahun, Stjepan Cahun, Tatjana Cahun, Branko Cahun, Ivan Cahun, Mirko Cahun, Josip Cahun, Mihaela Cahun, Žarko Cahun, Karolina Cahun, Robert Cahun, Vatroslav Cahun, Renato Cahun

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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