Surname Jaman in modern Croatia

Jaman families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Middle Bosnia (Kupres area).

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Jaman live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Djakovo (50), Split (35), Solin (25), Klis in Solin area (25), and in Stari Mikanovci in Djakovo area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jaman (including: Yaman , Jjaman , Jamaan , Jamman , Jhaman , Jamann , Jahman , Iaman and Jammann ) is present in 100 countries worldwide. "Iaman " is used by few people in the United States. "Jamann " is used by small number of people in France , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Jaman, Andrej Jaman, Stjepan Jaman, Željka Jaman, Ivica Jaman, Valentina Jaman, Željko Jaman, Pero Jaman, Aida Jaman, Ljubica Jaman, Albinko Jaman, Josip Jaman, Verica Jaman, Zvonko Jaman, Fatima Jaman, Jozo Jaman, Kristina Jaman, Karmen Jaman, Igor Jaman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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