Supan

See also: supan and súpan

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• Borrowed from Austrian German Supan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region. Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).
• Germanized form of Slovene Zupan, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”).
• Borrowed from Tagalog Supan, a surname predominantly found in Central Luzon region.

Proper noun

Supan (plural Supans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Supan is the 37993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 584 individuals. Supan is most common among White (73.29%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (22.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Supan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• panus, napus, Pusan, punas