Surname Ćupić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćupić families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from Buje ), and barely Italians (from Zadar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Benkovac.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Ćupić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zadar (15), Zagreb (15), Gornja Jagodnja in Benkovac area (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Polaca in Benkovac area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Switzerland (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Ćupić (including: Cupich , Cupic , Chupich , Chupick , Czupich , Cupicha , Cupick and Cupicz ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Cupic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Chupich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cupich " is used by some 400 people in Mexico , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Gojko Ćupić, Mirjana Ćupić, Damir Ćupić, Nikola Ćupić, Novella Ćupić, Nada Ćupić, Maja Ćupić, Vladimir Ćupić, Željko Ćupić, Petrim Ćupić, Mila Ćupić, Mira Ćupić, Boris Ćupić, Milena Ćupić, Mario Ćupić, Stipica Ćupić, Ante Ćupić, Drago Ćupić, Vitomir Ćupić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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