Surname Suman in modern Croatia

Suman families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Knin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Drnis.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Suman live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Rijeka (20), Slavonski Brod (15), Vinkovci (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Suman (including: Shuman , Summan , Szuman , Sumann , Summann , Suuman , Sumaan , Sumhan and Sueman ) is present in 95 countries worldwide. "Shuman " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Bangladesh , and some 2000 people in Egypt. "Summan " is used by some 900 people in Pakistan , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Szuman " is used by some 800 people in Poland , about 50 in France , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Suman, Boris Suman, Marina Suman, Ivica Suman, Dalibor Suman, Željko Suman, Josip Suman, Zlatan Suman, Mirsada Suman, Lidija Suman, Toni Suman, Silvia Suman, Denis Suman, Damir Suman, Radmila Suman, Neven Suman, Igor Suman, Martina Suman, Branko Suman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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