Surname Kipa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kipa families are Croats (from Zlatar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kipa live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Lobor in Zlatar area (10), Varazdin (<10), and in Mace (<10) and Vojnovec Loborski (<10) in Zlatar area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kipa (including: Chipa , Cipa , Kippa , Cippa , Kypa , Kiippa , Kipah , Kyppa and Kierpa ) is present in 80 countries worldwide. "Kierpa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kypa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kyppa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Kipa, Tomislav Kipa, Mario Kipa, Marin Kipa, Marica Kipa, Stanislav Kipa, August Kipa, Sandra Kipa, Vladimir Kipa, Snježana Kipa, Amela Kipa, Dražen Kipa, Andreja Kipa, Martina Kipa, Ljerka Kipa, Davor Kipa, Blaženka Kipa, Suzana Kipa, Slavko Kipa

Mentions in sources

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

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