Surname Hum in modern Croatia

Hum families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Hum live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Domaji in Koprivnica area (15), Dubravec in Ivanec area (10), Mursko Sredisce (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hum (including: Chum , Thum , Humm , Thumm , Thuem , Chumm , Huem , Chimum and Thuum ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. The family name "Hum " is used by some 5000 people in Cambodia , about 2000 in Canada , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Thum " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 4000 in Malaysia , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Thuem " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Silvije Hum, Dubravko Hum, Hrvoje Hum, Sanja Hum, Biljana Hum, Ivana Hum, Tomislav Hum, Mirela Hum, Zrinka Hum, Božica Hum, Vesna Hum, Radmila Hum, Antonio Hum, Silvija Hum, Goran Hum, Danijel Hum, Dubravka Hum, Branka Hum, Marija Hum

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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