Surname Kopas in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kopas live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (20), Semovci in Djurdjevac area (10), Zagreb (<10), Opatija (<10), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kopas (including: Kopacz , Copas , Kopasz , Copass , Koppas , Chopas , Chlopas , Kopash and Chropacz ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Kopas " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 70 people in Slovakia. "Kopasz " is used by some 800 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Kopacz " is used by some 6000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Hermiona Kopas, Željko Kopas, Andrija Kopas, Zdravko Kopas, Krešimir Kopas, Jadranka Kopas, Dražen Kopas, Nadica Kopas, Josip Kopas, Robert Kopas, Mandalena Kopas, Jakov Kopas, Bara Kopas, Darko Kopas, Ivan Kopas, Igor Kopas, Tomislav Kopas, Ivo Kopas, Gordana Kopas

Mentions in sources

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

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