Surname Kopriva in modern Croatia

Kopriva families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Zagreb. In Cernik in Ozalj area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kopriva.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Kopriva live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Ogulin (<10), Daruvar (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Cazma (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kopriva (including: Kopriwa , Copriva and Koppriva ) is present in 23 countries on four continents. The family name "Kopriva " is used by some 2000 people in Czech Republic , about 500 in the United States , and some 100 people in Austria. "Koppriva " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Kopriva, Renata Kopriva, Štefan Kopriva, Damir Kopriva, Mirjana Kopriva, Mario Kopriva, Drago Kopriva, Josip Kopriva, Željko Kopriva, Vesna Kopriva, Ivana Kopriva, Albina Kopriva, Ivica Kopriva, Ana Kopriva, Vladimir Kopriva, Ivan Kopriva, Marta Kopriva, Jure Kopriva, Slava Kopriva

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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