Surname Filipi in modern Croatia

Filipi families are Croats the family name originates from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Filipi live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zadar (30), Zagreb (25), Nerezisca on the Island of Brac (25), Sibenik (15), and in Betina on the Island of Murter (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Filipi (including: Filippi , Philippi , Philipi , Fillipi , Fillippi , Filipy , Filipí , Filippy and Fillipih ) is present in 79 countries worldwide. The family name "Filipi " is used by some 800 people in Czech Republic , about 700 in Brazil , and some 400 people in the United States. "Philippi " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Philipi " is used by some 100 people in Brazil , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Filipi, Tatjana Filipi, Mirjana Filipi, Bruno Filipi, Marcela Filipi, Faust Filipi, Kristina Filipi, Vedrana Filipi, Ervin Filipi, Miki Filipi, Smiljana Filipi, Zvonimir Filipi, Tonka Filipi, Paula Filipi, Elvira Filipi, Danijel Filipi, Ante Filipi, Ranko Filipi, Elizabeta Filipi

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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