Surname Biškup in modern Croatia

Biškup families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Borje in Varazdinske Toplice area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Biškup.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Biškup live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 116 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Radovan (110), Varazdin (85), Podevcevo (40), and in Zlogonje (35).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Biškup (including: Biskup , Biscup and Byskup ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Biskup " is used by some 7000 people in Poland , about 2000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Biscup " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Biškup, Jula Biškup, Sanja Biškup, Ivan Biškup, Dejan Biškup, Marijan Biškup, Anđelko Biškup, Zdravko Biškup, Željko Biškup, Nevenko Biškup, Stjepan Biškup, Biljana Biškup, Zlatko Biškup, Goran Biškup, Božo Biškup, Tajana Biškup, Darko Biškup, Marica Biškup, Mario Biškup

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1679 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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