Surname Kupres in modern Croatia

Kupres families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Cerje Samoborsko in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kupres.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Kupres live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Samobor (70), Cerje (45), Zagreb (20), Cerje Samoborsko (20), and in Slatina (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (4) and the United States (3).
Family name Kupres (including: Cuperes , Kupress ) is present in 8 countries worldwide. The family name "Kupres " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in Australia. "Kupress " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlasta Kupres, Tomislav Kupres, Darko Kupres, Srećko Kupres, Sanja Kupres, Ljiljana Kupres, Mara Kupres, Branko Kupres, Zdenka Kupres, Miljenko Kupres, Samuel Kupres, Mario Kupres, Đordana Kupres, Anita Kupres, Željko Kupres, Mirko Kupres, Josip Kupres, Krunoslav Kupres, Tatjana Kupres

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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