Surname Šukan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šukan families are Croats (from East Herzegovine ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Zagreb. In Srđevići in East Herzegovina every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Šukan.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šukan live in Croatia today, in 12 households.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Dugo Selo (10), Velika Gorica (<10), Stobrec (<5), Zabok (<5), and in Rovisce in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šukan (including: Sukan , Shukan , Sukhan , Sukkan , Shtukan , Sukaan , Shukhan , Schukan , Suckan and Suukan ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. "Schukan " is used by few people in Russian Federation , few people in Ukraine , and few people in the United States. "Sucan " is used by some 300 people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Suchan " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Jozo Šukan, Dubravko Šukan, Branko Šukan, Ana Šukan, Mate Šukan, Davor Šukan, Marko Šukan, Anto Šukan, Snježana Šukan, Marinko Šukan, Dujo Šukan, Tomo Šukan, Jako Šukan, Ivica Šukan, Vesna Šukan, Iva Šukan, Dino Šukan, Vladimir Šukan, Mirko Šukan

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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