Surname Džepina in modern Croatia

Džepina families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Knin area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Knin. In Ričice in Middle Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Džepina.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Džepina live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Golubic (55), Zadar (25), Sibenik (20), and in Oklaj in Knin area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Džepina (including: Dzepina , Depina and Depinna ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Depina " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 400 in Guinea-Bissau , and some 200 people in Cape Verde. "Depinna " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ilija Džepina, Marija Džepina, Ivo Džepina, Irena Džepina, Marko Džepina, Ante Džepina, Goran Džepina, Dražen Džepina, Katja Džepina, Ivan Džepina, Saša Džepina, Željko Džepina, Antonija Džepina, Vanja Džepina, Gordana Džepina, Valentina Džepina, Tatjana Džepina, Silvija Džepina, Borislav Džepina

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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