In Croatia, Filipaš families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Opatija.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Filipaš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 10 other places, mostly in Golovik in Opatija area (10), Grdun (<10), Lovran in Opatija area (<10), Vrbanska Draga (<10), and in Kozljak in Labin area (<10).