Surname Suhanek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Suhanek families are Croats (from Virovitica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Srijem, Vojvodina and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Suhanek live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Virovitica (15), Zagreb (<10), Tenja (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Suhanek (including: Suchánek , Suchanek , Szuhanek , Suchanec , Suchánec , Suhanec , Suchaneck and Suehanek ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Suhanek " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Suehanek " is used by few people in the United States. "Suhanec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anka Suhanek, Tomislav Suhanek, Mia Suhanek, Maja Suhanek, Danijela Suhanek, Miroslav Suhanek, Zvonko Suhanek, Ružica Suhanek, Margareta Suhanek, Stjepan Suhanek, Ivan Suhanek, Ivana Suhanek, Vjera Suhanek, Ilonka Suhanek, Ilija Suhanek, Keta Suhanek, Slavica Suhanek, Mihovil Suhanek, Luca Suhanek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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