Surname Rašan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Rašan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located and 11 other Croatian places, mostly in Djelekovec in Koprivnica area (20), Koprivnica (10), Zagreb (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Drnje in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rašan (including: Rashwan , Rasan , Rashdan , Rashan , Rahsan , Rassan , Rasshan , Rasaan , Rasanh and Raschan ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. "Raschan " is used by few people in the United States. "Rasshan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rassman " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Venezuela , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Rašan, Ljerka Rašan, Ivan Rašan, Ljuba Rašan, Mišo Rašan, Mario Rašan, Đuro Rašan, Marina Rašan, Snježana Rašan, Ivanka Rašan, Stjepan Rašan, Stevo Rašan, Slavko Rašan, Ankica Rašan, Siniša Rašan, Sanja Rašan, Renato Rašan, Marko Rašan, Zvonimir Rašan

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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