Surname Šeperica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šeperica families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Hvar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šeperica live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Hvar on the Island of Hvar (<5) and Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Chile (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Šeperica (including: Seperica , Seperizza ) is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Luči Šeperica, Nikola Šeperica, Nedjeljka Šeperica, Andro Šeperica, Mandica Šeperica, Andrija Šeperica, Antica Šeperica, Antun Šeperica, Doma Šeperica, Domina Šeperica, Ivan Šeperica, Juraj Šeperica, Jure Šeperica, Kata Šeperica, Kuzma Šeperica, Lucija Šeperica, Manda Šeperica, Mara Šeperica, Margarita Šeperica

Mentions in sources

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

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