Surname Čohan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čohan families are Croats (from Karlovac ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Čohan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Gornje Stative (30), Karlovac (25), Vrbanska Draga (<5), Podravske Sesvete in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Donje Mekusje (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čohan (including: Cohan , Chohan , Cochran , Cothran , Chaohan , Cochlan , Cochan , Cothan , Cochman and Coohan ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. The family name "Cohan " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Argentina , and some 300 people in Turkey. "Cochan " is used by small number of people in the Philippines , small number in France , and small number of people in the United States. "Cothan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Čohan, Ivana Čohan, Slavica Čohan, Marina Čohan, Predrag Čohan, Karel Čohan, Nada Čohan, Ksenija Čohan, Mijo Čohan, Marijan Čohan, Stjepan Čohan, Klara Čohan, Igor Čohan, Marica Čohan, Zlatko Čohan, Josip Čohan, Danica Čohan, Janko Čohan, Zdenka Čohan

Mentions in sources

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

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