Surname Karan in modern Croatia

Karan families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa area and in Benkovac. In Jurga in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Karan.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Karan live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 38 cities and 52 other places, mostly in Jurga in Duga Resa area (35), Zagreb (30), Split (30), Laslovo in Osijek area (20), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karan (including: Karhan , Karaan , Karran , Kharan , Kharann , Kaeran , Kharran , Karann and Karahn ) is present in 109 countries worldwide. "Karran " is used by some 100 people in Great Britain , about 100 in Canada , and some 100 people in the United States. "Karahn " is used by few people in the United States. "Kharran " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Karan, Ksenija Karan, Mario Karan, Josip Karan, Željko Karan, Mirko Karan, Marijana Karan, Iskra Karan, Boris Karan, Željka Karan, Siniša Karan, Milan Karan, Karmela Karan, Jovan Karan, Davorka Karan, Irena Karan, Jovana Karan, Daniel Karan, Filip Karan

Mentions in sources

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

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