Surname Županić in modern Croatia

Županić families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Brezje Dravsko in Ivanec area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Županić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Županić live in Croatia today, in 460 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 115 other places, mostly in Zagreb (215), Lepoglava (75), Cestica in Ivanec area (45), Ivanec (35), and in Osijek (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Sweden (4), Canada (3), Norway (1), Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1), the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Županić (including: Zupanic , Zupanich , Zupanick and Zuppanic ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Zupanic " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Zupanick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Županić, Miljenko Županić, Željka Županić, Matko Županić, Mara Županić, Boris Županić, Vlado Županić, Barbara Županić, Alan Županić, Andrija Županić, Stjepan Županić, Olga Županić, Ivor Županić, Željko Županić, Tonko Županić, Višnja Županić, Natalia Županić, Dubravka Županić, Lidija Županić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1678 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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