Surname Lapis in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lapis families are predominantly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lapis live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only four Croatian places: in Cepin in Osijek area (<10), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Lug in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lapis (including: Lapish , Lappies , Lapysh , Lapiers , Lappis , Lapicz , Lapisz and Lapies ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Lappies " is used by some 100 people in South Africa and about 60 in the United States. "Lapies " is used by few people in the United States. "Lapish " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Josip Lapis, Goran Lapis, Pero Lapis, Miodrag Lapis, Nevenka Lapis, Katarina Lapis, Marija Lapis, Vanja Lapis, Jelisaveta Lapis, Radojka Lapis, Karla Lapis, Gabriel Lapis, David Lapis, Ivan Lapis, Timea Lapis, Vilma Lapis, Jovan Lapis, Ivana Lapis

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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