Surname Šupak in modern Croatia

Šupak families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area. In Ilovik in Rijeka area every third inhabitant had the family name Šupak.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šupak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 13 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), and in Grobnik (25), Cavle (<10), Brnelici (<10) and Martinovo Selo (<5) in Rijeka area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Šupak (including: Supak , Schupak , Shupak , Shupack , Schupack , Shchupak , Schtupak , Suppak , Supack and Suepak ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Supak " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Thailand , and some 200 people in Hungary. "Shupak " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Bulgaria , and some 80 people in Moldova. "Schupak " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Gracian Šupak, Marijo Šupak, Marin Šupak, Miljenko Šupak, Josip Šupak, Željka Šupak, Smiljana Šupak, Nenad Šupak, Živko Šupak, Slavica Šupak, Mišel Šupak, Toni Šupak, Mladenka Šupak, Lino Šupak, Bruno Šupak, Dinko Šupak, Anka Šupak, Silvana Šupak, Ljiljana Šupak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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