Surname Filipić in modern Croatia

Filipić families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Šorići in Rovinj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Filipić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Filipić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Prelog (35), Koprivnica (20), Milna on the Island of Brac (15), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (5) and the United States (3).
Family name Filipić (including: Filipic , Filipich , Filipitsch , Philippitsch , Filipych , Filipiec , Philipich , Filippich , Fillipich and Filippic ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Filipic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 50 in Austria , and small number of people in Argentina. "Filipich " is used by some 70 people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Philipich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Filipić, Petar Filipić, Vinko Filipić, Brankica Filipić, Aleksandra Filipić, Andro Filipić, Ivan Filipić, Marko Filipić, Andrija Filipić, Zlatko Filipić, Adriana Filipić, Marica Filipić, Ozren Filipić, Manuel Filipić, Mira Filipić, Gordana Filipić, Silvija Filipić, Željko Filipić, Mirjana Filipić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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