Surname Lapov in modern Croatia

Lapov families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Murter , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and on the Island of Murter.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Lapov live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Jezera on the Island of Murter (60), Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lapov (including: Lapow , Lappov and Lappow ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. "Lapow " is used by small number of people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Lappow " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasminka Lapov, Emina Lapov, Željka Lapov, Omer Lapov, Božena Lapov, Božidar Lapov, Mila Lapov, Darko Lapov, Tina Lapov, Milena Lapov, Danijela Lapov, Dunja Lapov, Miran Lapov, Jagoda Lapov, Alenka Lapov, Borna Lapov, Josipa Lapov, Andreja Lapov, Martin Lapov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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