Surname Kupina in modern Croatia

Kupina families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Zagreb. In Toplice in Jastrebarsko every third inhabitant had the family name Kupina.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Kupina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Toplice (30), Zagreb (20), Novaki Petrovinski (10), Novi Ceminac in Beli Manastir area (<10), and in Jastrebarsko (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kupina (including: Chupina , Cupina , Kuppina , Choupina , Kupyna , Chuppina , Ciupina , Chupyna and Chyupina ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Kuppina " is used by few people in the United States. "Cupina " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Kupina, Boris Kupina, Miroslav Kupina, Ivica Kupina, Suzana Kupina, Dubravko Kupina, Mijo Kupina, Denis Kupina, Tomislav Kupina, Boška Kupina, Josip Kupina, Dražen Kupina, Marijana Kupina, Slaven Kupina, Štefica Kupina, Ivan Kupina, Marijo Kupina, Stjepan Kupina, Danica Kupina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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