Surname Kop in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kop families are generally Croats (from Pakrac ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kop live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Badljevina (15), Zagreb (<10), Koncanica in Daruvar area (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kop (including: Kopp , Koop , Cop , Copp , Coop , Chop , Czop , Khop and Koph ) is present in 132 countries worldwide. "Kopp " is used by some 50000 people in Germany , about 30000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in France. "Koop " is used by some 9000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in the Netherlands. "Koph " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Kop, Zdenka Kop, Jelena Kop, Petar Kop, Verica Kop, Kvjeta Kop, Marijan Kop, Vladimir Kop, Antun Kop, Hrvoje Kop, Ivo Kop, Zlatko Kop, Mira Kop, Željko Kop, Ivana Kop, Marino Kop, Štefanija Kop, Ana Kop, Marija Kop

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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