Surname Kopač in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kopač families are predominantly Croats (from Imotski area ), rarely Serbs, and barely Macedonians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Imotski area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kopač live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Glavina Donja (<10), Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Kastel Novi (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kopač (including: Kopac , Kopach , Kopacz , Kopachev , Kopack , Kopachuk , Kopachel , Kopatsch , Kopaci and Kopazz ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Kopac " is used by some 700 people in Czech Republic , about 600 in the United States , and some 500 people in Turkey. "Kopazz " is used by few people in the United States. "Kopacz " is used by some 6000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 300 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Ninoslav Kopač, Anita Kopač, Juraj Kopač, Goran Kopač, Marina Kopač, Slavko Kopač, Nedeljko Kopač, Dijana Kopač, Milanka Kopač, Stevo Kopač, Saša Kopač, Vesna Kopač, Mario Kopač, Božica Kopač, Kristina Kopač, Ivan Kopač, Viktor Kopač, Đuro Kopač, Zvonimir Kopač

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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