Surname Lapić in modern Croatia

Lapić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Slunj. In Čitluk in Sinj every fifth inhabitant had the family name Lapić.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Lapić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Citluk (35), Karlovac (20), Donji Niksic (20), and in Drnis (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Australia (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Lapić (including: Lapich , Lapic , Lapiche , Lapicz , Lapick and Lapych ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Lapic " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Lapicz " is used by some 70 people in Poland , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Lapick " is used by some 60 people in Belarus and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Lapić, Dario Lapić, Marita Lapić, Mili Lapić, Jasmina Lapić, Slavo Lapić, Dane Lapić, Dražen Lapić, Nevenka Lapić, Goran Lapić, Ivanka Lapić, Davor Lapić, Joso Lapić, Berislav Lapić, Stipe Lapić, Ivan Lapić, Boža Lapić, Dalibor Lapić, Nikola Lapić

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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