Surname Šorman in modern Croatia

Šorman families are Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Orahovica area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šorman live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Zdenci in Orahovica area (20), Podgajci Podravski (10), Izimje (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šorman (including: Shorman , Schormann , Sorman , Schorman , Sohrmann , Schoorman , Schlorman , Soherman , Shormann and Sormann ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Sorman " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in France. "Shorman " is used by some 2000 people in Jordan , about 200 in Saudi Arabia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Schorman " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tanja Šorman, Marijo Šorman, Milan Šorman, Marina Šorman, Dragutin Šorman, Matija Šorman, Mariana Šorman, Damir Šorman, Ljerka Šorman, Zlatko Šorman, Maja Šorman, Vesna Šorman, Pavo Šorman, Zlatica Šorman, Tihomir Šorman, Krešimir Šorman, Katarina Šorman, Marijana Šorman, Ines Šorman

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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