Surname Kopilaš in modern Croatia

Kopilaš families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Konjic area) and in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area). In Donji Gradac in North Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kopilaš.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kopilaš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vinkovci (10), Ilok (10), Pozega (<10), and in Mravince (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kopilaš (including: Kopilas , Kopilash , Chopelas , Kopelas , Kopylash , Copelas , Kopellas , Kopelash and Kopelyas ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Kopilash " is used by small number of people in Ukraine and small number in the United States. "Kopellas " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Copelas " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jozo Kopilaš, Andrej Kopilaš, Goran Kopilaš, Stojan Kopilaš, Miro Kopilaš, Zdravko Kopilaš, Ljubica Kopilaš, Mirko Kopilaš, Jela Kopilaš, Bernardica Kopilaš, Zvonko Kopilaš, Živko Kopilaš, Zdenka Kopilaš, Frane Kopilaš, Darko Kopilaš, Marinko Kopilaš, Milena Kopilaš, Inga Kopilaš, Davor Kopilaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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