Surname Bjelopera in modern Croatia

Bjelopera families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Vitez area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Bjelopera live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (70), Mokosica (<10), Mlini in Dubrovnik area (<10), Bjelovar (<10), and in Zaton (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bjelopera is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Bjelopera " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Bjelopera, Andro Bjelopera, Gašpar Bjelopera, Božica Bjelopera, Veronika Bjelopera, Goran Bjelopera, Jadranka Bjelopera, Mato Bjelopera, Jelena Bjelopera, Darija Bjelopera, Snježana Bjelopera, Marko Bjelopera, Janja Bjelopera, Mara Bjelopera, Željko Bjelopera, Davor Bjelopera, Ivica Bjelopera, Tihomir Bjelopera, Josip Bjelopera

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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