Surname Karaman in modern Croatia

Karaman families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Split , rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Dubrovnik. In Smriječje in Podrinje (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Karaman.

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Karaman live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Split (115), Jesenice in Omis area (40), Zagreb (25), Podstrana in Solin area (25), and in Solin (20).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Karaman (including: Kahraman , Qaraman , Caraman , Kharaman , Carraman , Qahraman , Karahman , Charaman and Karamann ) is present in 92 countries worldwide. "Carraman " is used by some 50 people in Mexico and about 50 in the United States. "Charaman " is used by few people in the United States. "Cahraman " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Karaman, Boris Karaman, Dražen Karaman, Ivana Karaman, Tonko Karaman, Damir Karaman, Josip Karaman, Tonći Karaman, Stanko Karaman, Rene Karaman, Mladen Karaman, Niko Karaman, Džemal Karaman, Paula Karaman, Goran Karaman, Elvis Karaman, Dražena Karaman, Hrvoslava Karaman, Aleksandar Karaman

Mentions in sources

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

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