Surname Kopp in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kopp families are generally Croats (from Osijek area ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Italians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kopp live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rijeka (15), Osijek (<10), Krasica (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kopp (including: Copp , Chopp , Czopp and Chikopp ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. The family name "Kopp " is used by some 50000 people in Germany , about 30000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in France. "Copp " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Canada , and some 600 people in Great Britain. "Chopp " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 400 in Brazil , and some 100 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Slavica Kopp, Kristijan Kopp, Darko Kopp, Karlo Kopp, Ivica Kopp, Nenad Kopp, Anita Kopp, Miroslav Kopp, Sanjica Kopp, Jasmina Kopp, Nataša Kopp, Dragutin Kopp, Gloria Kopp, Draga Kopp, Vladimir Kopp, Marijan Kopp, Ksenija Kopp, Karla Kopp, Ursula Kopp

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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