Surname Katana in modern Croatia

Katana families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice area. According to some sources they are from Kalnika, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice area and in Zagreb. In Dobrinje in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Katana.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Katana live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Krizevci (30), Mali Bukovec in Ludbreg area (10), Rijeka (10), and in Kalnik in Varazdinske Toplice area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Katana (including: Khatana , Khattana , Katanha , Kattana , Kathana , Katanna , Khathana , Kattanna and Kahtana ) is present in 84 countries worldwide. "Kattana " is used by small number of people in Qatar , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Oman. "Kaatana " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Katana, Matija Katana, Nadina Katana, Slobodan Katana, Renata Katana, Irena Katana, Želimir Katana, Andrija Katana, Radenko Katana, Mirjana Katana, Dragan Katana, Zvjezdana Katana, Darija Katana, Suzana Katana, Enis Katana, Aleksandra Katana, Ivanka Katana, Goran Katana, Ronald Katana

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories