Surname Hacan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hacan families are Croats (from Ozalj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Hacan live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Karlovac (<5) and Mali Erjavec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hacan (including: Hazan , Hazzan , Chachan , Chazan , Chalacan , Hachan , Thachan , Hachhan and Chacan ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Hazzan " is used by some 600 people in Israel , about 300 in Brazil , and some 300 people in the United States. "Chacan " is used by few people in the United States. "Chazan " is used by some 600 people in Brazil , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Hacan, Marija Hacan, Stjepan Hacan, Zorica Hacan, Branko Hacan, Vlado Hacan, Milja Hacan, Daniel Hacan, Valerija Hacan, Danijela Hacan

Mentions in sources

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

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