Suppan

English

Alternative forms

• Schuppan, Supan, Zupan, Zuppan

Etymology

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

Suppan (plural Suppans)

1. A surname.

Further reading

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