Surname Klapan in modern Croatia

Klapan families are Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novigrad and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Klapan live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Pridraga in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (95), Zadar (50), Zagreb (30), Rijeka (30), and in Paljuv in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Klapan (including: Chellapan , Claphan , Chalapan , Chelappan , Challapan , Chalappan , Chillapan , Chelapan and Klappan ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Klappan " is used by few people in the United States. "Claphan " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nives Klapan, Ivica Klapan, Željko Klapan, Ivan Klapan, Anita Klapan, Marinko Klapan, Ferida Klapan, Denis Klapan, Slavko Klapan, Martin Klapan, Marina Klapan, Vedranka Klapan, Martina Klapan, Nikolina Klapan, Antonija Klapan, Dalibor Klapan, Joso Klapan, Tajana Klapan, Hrvoje Klapan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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