Suppan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”), via:
- Austrian German Suppan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region.
- Germanized form of Župan and Zupan; from Lower Sorbian župan, Upper Sorbian župan, Serbo-Croatian župan, Slovene župan and Slovene zupan.
Compare Saupe, Schuppan, Supan.
Proper noun edit
Suppan (plural Suppans)
- A surname.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Suppan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.