Surname Šaban in modern Croatia

Šaban families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. According to some sources they are from Hrvatskog Zagorja, and rarely Roms. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Lički Novi in Gospic every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šaban.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Šaban live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Zadar (35), Velika Gorica (35), Gospic (30), and in Licki Novi (30).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (3), and to Germany (2).
Family name Šaban (including: Saban , Shaban , Shabaan , Sabban , Sabhan , Sahban , Szaban , Sabaan , Schaban and Sabann ) is present in 124 countries worldwide. "Szaban " is used by some 300 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Sabbann " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schamban " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Janislav Šaban, Josip Šaban, Martin Šaban, Nikola Šaban, Joža Šaban, Miroslav Šaban, Damir Šaban, Branimir Šaban, Davorka Šaban, Vladimir Šaban, Mladen Šaban, Ivan Šaban, Božidar Šaban, Đurđica Šaban, Davor Šaban, Sanja Šaban, Andrija Šaban, Silvana Šaban, Krešimir Šaban

Mentions in sources

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

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