Surname Kruhan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kruhan families are Croats (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kruhan live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Bregana (<10), Samobor (<10), Sela (<10), and in Desni Dubrovcak in Sisak area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kruhan (including: Kruchan , Kruchman and Chruchman ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Kruchan " is used by some 50 people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Chruchman " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mira Kruhan, Verica Kruhan, Biserka Kruhan, Anamarija Kruhan, Damir Kruhan, Branka Kruhan, Zdravko Kruhan, Darijan Kruhan, Kristina Kruhan, Alojzija Kruhan, Ivan Kruhan, Željko Kruhan, Valentina Kruhan, Branko Kruhan, Renata Kruhan, Vlasta Kruhan, Mladen Kruhan, Marija Kruhan, Mihael Kruhan

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.

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