Surname Biskupić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Biskupić families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Pag ), very rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Biskupić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Novalja on the Island of Pag (15), Osijek (<10), Valpovo (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Biskupić (including: Biskupic , Biskupich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Biskupic " is used by some 700 people in Slovakia , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Czech Republic. "Biskupich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavica Biskupić, Dubravka Biskupić, Ivan Biskupić, Silvana Biskupić, Albert Biskupić, Edvard Biskupić, Gabrijela Biskupić, Boris Biskupić, Iva Biskupić, Zdravko Biskupić, Andrijana Biskupić, Ksenija Biskupić, Zrinka Biskupić, Sandra Biskupić, Cioslav Biskupić, Janja Biskupić, Zlata Biskupić, Milan Biskupić, Zdenko Biskupić

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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