Surname Kasum in modern Croatia

Kasum families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Split. In places Opanci and Lovreć in Imotski area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Kasum.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kasum live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Split (45), Zagreb (30), Opanci in Imotski area (15), Osijek (10), and in Valpovo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kasum (including: Kassum , Cassum , Casum , Qasum , Khashum , Qassum , Chawasum and Kasuem ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Kasum " is used by some 3000 people in Indonesia , about 300 in Ghana , and some 70 people in the United States. "Kassum " is used by some 300 people in Ghana , small number in Canada , and small number in the United States. "Casum " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Kasum, Miro Kasum, Domagoj Kasum, Žarko Kasum, Vesna Kasum, Mahmut Kasum, Renata Kasum, Darko Kasum, Siniša Kasum, Ivan Kasum, Damir Kasum, Anđelko Kasum, Nevenka Kasum, Gordana Kasum, Vedran Kasum, Iva Kasum, Sanja Kasum, Ana Kasum, Ivana Kasum

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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