Surname Kasun in modern Croatia

Kasun families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovsko and Sisak. In Veliki Jadrč in Vrbovsko every third inhabitant had the family name Kasun.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Kasun live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Veliki Jadrc (15), Osijek (10), Zadar (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Canada (4) and the United States (1).
Family name Kasun (including: Kashun , Khasun , Chasun , Kassuhn , Kaczun , Casun , Kasshun , Khassun and Kassun ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Kasun " is used by some 10000 people in Sri Lanka , about 800 in the United States , and some 300 people in Indonesia. "Kassuhn " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Kasshun " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Kasun, Goran Kasun, Natalia Kasun, Josip Kasun, Ljiljana Kasun, Jelena Kasun, Zlatko Kasun, Danijel Kasun, Nensi Kasun, Ivan Kasun, Željko Kasun, Živko Kasun, Nikola Kasun, Dražen Kasun, Lidija Kasun, Zijada Kasun, Rebeka Kasun, Joso Kasun, Miroslav Kasun

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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