Surname Šukman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šukman families are predominantly Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica ), rarely Bosniaks (from Zupanja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Garesnica. In Baćina in North Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Šukman.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šukman live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Garesnica (<5), Garesnicki Brestovac (<5), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<5), and in Slavonski Samac in Zupanja area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šukman (including: Sukman , Schuckman , Shukman , Shukhman , Schukman , Sukhman , Suckman , Shtukman , Shuckman and Sukmann ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Sukman " is used by some 700 people in Indonesia , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Moldova. "Shukman " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Great Britain. "Schukman " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željka Šukman, Ivanka Šukman, Ivan Šukman, Damir Šukman, Elizabeta Šukman, Ahmet Šukman, Mirela Šukman, Gabriela Šukman, Gabriel Šukman, Terezija Šukman

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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