Surname Lapčević in modern Croatia

Lapčević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , also Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Lapčević live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Podgorje in Glina area (30), Zagreb (<10), Vukovar (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lapčević (including: Lapcevic , Lapcevich and Lapcewich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Lapcevic " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Lapcevich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Lapcewich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ozren Lapčević, Cica Lapčević, Miodrag Lapčević, Tomislav Lapčević, Branislav Lapčević, Zdravko Lapčević, Željko Lapčević, Pavao Lapčević, Mirko Lapčević, Nikola Lapčević, Žarko Lapčević, Predrag Lapčević, Teodora Lapčević, Marijan Lapčević, Saša Lapčević, Petar Lapčević, Emanuel Lapčević, Mara Lapčević, Milka Lapčević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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