Surname Sudan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sudan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 11 other places, mostly in Drazice (15), Podhum (10) and Cavle (<10) in Rijeka area, Rijeka (<5), and in Jelenje in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sudan (including: Sudhan , Suedan , Shudan , Suddan , Shudhan , Sudann and Suudan ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Shudan " is used by some 100 people in Bangladesh and small number in the United States. "Suddan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Sudan, Dragomir Sudan, Sanja Sudan, Marino Sudan, Romano Sudan, Renata Sudan, Saša Sudan, Dubravka Sudan, Martin Sudan, Ivan Sudan, Boris Sudan, Robert Sudan, Dragan Sudan, Adelko Sudan, Arsen Sudan, Bruna Sudan, Josip Sudan, Dobrila Sudan, Renato Sudan

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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