Surname Najman in modern Croatia

Najman families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Najman live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Prelog (20), Garesnica (<10), Cirkovljan (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (2), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Najman (including: Naiman , Neiman , Nayman , Neimann , Najmann , Naymann and Naaiman ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. "Naiman " is used by some 4000 people in Tanzania , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Kazakhstan. "Neiman " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 800 in Argentina , and some 600 people in Brazil. "Neimann " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Najman, Dražen Najman, Ivanka Najman, Nevenka Najman, Kristijan Najman, Ivona Najman, Zlatko Najman, Snježana Najman, Katarina Najman, Nikola Najman, Dragutin Najman, Dario Najman, Ivan Najman, Milica Najman, Mladen Najman, Nino Najman, Branko Najman, Egon Najman, Emil Najman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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