Surname Hrsan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Hrsan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Brezani (25), Zagreb (15), Karlovac (<10), Osijek (<5), and in Daruvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hrsan (including: Hershman , Hersan , Tharsan , Hershan , Chersan , Chirsan and Chursan ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Hershan " is used by some 100 people in Sri Lanka , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Hershman " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 100 in Japan , and some 100 people in Israel. "Chirsan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nataša Hrsan, Davor Hrsan, Ankica Hrsan, Jadranka Hrsan, Dario Hrsan, Damir Hrsan, Boris Hrsan, Mario Hrsan, Vlado Hrsan, Maja Hrsan, Olga Hrsan, Mladen Hrsan, Mara Hrsan, Darko Hrsan, Zdravko Hrsan, Željka Hrsan, Vladimir Hrsan, Marina Hrsan, Igor Hrsan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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