Surname Dekan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dekan families are Croats (from Beli Manastir ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Backa, Vojvodina and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Dekan live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and another small place , mostly in Slavonski Brod (<5), Beli Manastir (<5), Donja Stubica (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Dekan (including: Dehqan , Decan , Decian , Dhekan , Dekhan , Dehkan , Dekkan , Deekan and Deckan ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Dehkan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Decann " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Dechman " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Dekan, Josip Dekan, Ruža Dekan, Siniša Dekan, Dijana Dekan, Žarko Dekan, Zvjezdana Dekan, Saša Dekan, Lazar Dekan, Jan Dekan, Kata Dekan, Amalija Dekan, Antun Dekan, Željko Dekan, Dragan Dekan, Karlo Dekan, Sarah Dekan, Emil Dekan, Anka Dekan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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