Surname Krpan in modern Croatia

Krpan families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Obrovac area. In Sveti Rok in Obrovac area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Krpan.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Krpan live in Croatia today, in 590 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 125 other places, mostly in Zagreb (465), Rijeka (60), Vinkovci (45), Novi Vinodolski (45), and in Slavonski Brod (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 50 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (19), Germany (16), Argentina (5), Australia (5), France (2), New Zealand (1), Canada (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Krpan (including: Kerpan , Cherpan and Charpan ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Krpan " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Canada , and some 100 people in Germany. "Kerpan " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and small number of people in Italy. "Cherpan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Krpan, Dalibor Krpan, Igor Krpan, Tomislav Krpan, Miroslav Krpan, Hrvojka Krpan, Sandra Krpan, Vlatka Krpan, Ante Krpan, Ljudevit Krpan, Jasmin Krpan, Dino Krpan, Vladimir Krpan, Anđelko Krpan, Marina Krpan, Erika Krpan, Divna Krpan, Irena Krpan, Mladen Krpan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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