Surname Hapan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hapan families are Croats (from East Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Trebinje area). In Kijev Do in East Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Hapan.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Hapan live in Croatia today, in 7 households.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Mokosica (15) and Dubrovnik (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hapan (including: Thapan , Chapan , Chappan , Happan , Thappan , Chalapan , Chaphan , Chrapan and Cherapan ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Chappan " is used by some 100 people in Saudi Arabia , small number in United Arab Emirates , and small number of people in the United States. "Chaphan " is used by few people in the United States. "Cherapan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ankica Hapan, Nikolina Hapan, Bernadica Hapan, Paulina Hapan, Ivo Hapan, Mato Hapan, Mirjana Hapan, Jozo Hapan, Vide Hapan, Božo Hapan, Niko Hapan, Božena Hapan, Mihaela Hapan, Mara Hapan, Pero Hapan, Jele Hapan, Janja Hapan, Ilija Hapan, Anja Hapan

Mentions in sources

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

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