Surname Kucan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kucan live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Sveti Ivan Zabno in Krizevci area (<5), Bjelovar (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Kerestinec in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kucan (including: Kuzan , Kuchan , Kuzhan , Ciucan , Kuzhman , Chucan , Kutzan , Cucan and Kuchhan ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Kucan " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 200 people in Canada. "Kuchan " is used by some 300 people in the United States. "Czuchan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Kucan, Antun Kucan, Ivan Kucan, Marija Kucan, Kristina Kucan, Linda Kucan, Nino Kucan, Jela Kucan, Đuro Kucan, Katarina Kucan, Zdenko Kucan, Karin Kucan, Luka Kucan, Pavao Kucan, Milka Kucan, Imbro Kucan, Katica Kucan, Mara Kucan, Marica Kucan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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