In Croatia, Josip families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Josip live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<5), Karlovac (<5), Josipovac (<5), and in Kosute in Sinj area (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to France (1) and the United States (1). Family name Josip (including: Iosip , Yosip and Josiph ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Josip " is used by some 70 people in Germany , small number in Malaysia , and small number of people in Ukraine , small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
