Surname Man in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Man families are Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area). In Orlovača in Bosnian Krajina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Man.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Man live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Man (including: Mann , Manh , Maan , Mahn , Mhan , Manhhi , Mman , Maann and Maahn ) is present in 195 countries worldwide. "Mann " is used by some 90000 people in the United States , about 30000 in Germany , and some 10000 people in Great Britain. "Mahn " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Papua New Guinea. "Mhan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Man, Zvjezdana Man, Vladislav Man, Dragica Man, Leona Man

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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