Surname Župančić in modern Croatia

Župančić families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Gregurovec in Krapina area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Župančić.

Prevalence

About 380 people with faimily name Župančić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Samobor (40), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (20), Josipovac (20), and in Karlovac (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Canada (1), France (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Župančić (including: Zupancic , Zupancich and Zupanchick ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Zupancic " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 900 in Germany , and some 400 people in Canada. "Zupancich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Zupanchick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danijel Župančić, Igor Župančić, Željko Župančić, Milan Župančić, Vera Župančić, Božidar Župančić, Mario Župančić, Dražen Župančić, Ivica Župančić, Ivančica Župančić, Andrina Župančić, Samir Župančić, Miroslav Župančić, Ivana Župančić, Nikola Župančić, Mladen Župančić, Stjepan Župančić, Nikica Župančić, Ana Župančić

Mentions in sources

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

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