Surname Kršan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kršan families are generally Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Slavonski Brod area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kršan live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (<10), Pula (<10), and in Nasice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kršan (including: Krsan , Chersan , Krshnan , Krshan , Kersan , Kershan , Chirsan , Chursan , Krssan and Kerssan ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Kershan " is used by few people in the United States. "Chirsan " is used by few people in the United States. "Charschan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Kršan, Ivica Kršan, Sandi Kršan, Dalibor Kršan, Ankica Kršan, Sanja Kršan, Stjepan Kršan, Zdenko Kršan, Marijan Kršan, Ines Kršan, Josip Kršan, Tomislav Kršan, Ana Kršan, Katica Kršan, Martin Kršan, Dario Kršan, Zdravka Kršan, Matea Kršan, Antonijo Kršan

Mentions in sources

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

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