Surname Kačan in modern Croatia

Kačan families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Ugljan. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kačan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zadar (35), Zagreb (25), Preko on the Island of Ugljan (15), Split (<10), and in Sutomiscica on the Island of Ugljan (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Australia (2).
Family name Kačan (including: Kachan , Kaczan , Kacan , Kachkan , Kacian , Kachman , Kachyan , Kacsan , Kazzan and Kacann ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "Kacan " is used by some 60 people in the United States and about 60 in Germany. "Kacian " is used by some 200 people in Slovakia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Kacsan " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Domagoj Kačan, Boris Kačan, Jerko Kačan, Jelena Kačan, Ivica Kačan, Ankica Kačan, Ruža Kačan, Julija Kačan, Damir Kačan, Sebastijan Kačan, Nori Kačan, Julijana Kačan, Tvrtko Kačan, Orjana Kačan, Đino Kačan, Željka Kačan, Mate Kačan, Nedjeljka Kačan, Jerina Kačan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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