Surname Krupa in modern Croatia

Krupa families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area , less frequently Slovaks (from Nasice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and in Orahovica area.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Krupa live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (25), Zagreb (<10), Mikleus in Orahovica area (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krupa (including: Kruppa , Crupa , Khrupa , Krúpa , Khruppa , Cherupa , Chirupa , Cirupah and Cruppa ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. The family name "Krupa " is used by some 60000 people in Poland , about 9000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Ukraine. "Kruppa " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Alfred Krupa, Antun Krupa, Mladen Krupa, Franjo Krupa, Margareta Krupa, Mijo Krupa, Vladimir Krupa, Alan Krupa, Josip Krupa, Blanka Krupa, Ivan Krupa, Nada Krupa, Marija Krupa, Zdravko Krupa, Petar Krupa, Miroslav Krupa, Dejan Krupa, Danijela Krupa, Zlatko Krupa

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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