Surname Supan in modern Croatia

Supan families are Croats and they are mostly from Daruvar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Pozega area. In Novo Zvečevo in Pozega area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Supan.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Supan live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Sirac in Daruvar area (25), Golobrdci (15), Zagreb (<10), Lonjica (<10), and in Tuhelj in Klanjec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Supan (including: Suppan , Shupan , Suphan and Suepan ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Supan " is used by some 10000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Myanmar. "Suphan " is used by some 800 people in Thailand , small number in Germany , and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Blanka Supan, Ljerka Supan, Dario Supan, Marijan Supan, Ivanka Supan, Mario Supan, Anton Supan, Ivica Supan, Ana Supan, Ludvik Supan, Dejan Supan, Franjo Supan, Antun Supan, Mladen Supan, Snježana Supan, Sanja Supan, Nenad Supan, Mirna Supan, Dobroslav Supan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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