Surname Šopar in modern Croatia

Šopar families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Šopar live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Cakovec (20), Zagreb (20), Varazdin (15), Trnovec in Varazdin area (10), and in Ziskovec (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šopar (including: Sopar , Soppar and Sophar ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. "Sophar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gorki Šopar, Đuro Šopar, Josip Šopar, Mladen Šopar, Sineva Šopar, Eduard Šopar, Franjo Šopar, Branimir Šopar, Zdenka Šopar, Saša Šopar, Dario Šopar, Štefica Šopar, Silva Šopar, Miroslav Šopar, Dino Šopar, Dušanka Šopar, Dragutin Šopar, Monika Šopar, Igor Šopar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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