Surname Lip in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lip families are generally Croats (from Novska area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and in Novska area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Lip live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Kutina (<10), Osijek (<5), Zagreb (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Repusnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lip (including: Lipp , Liep , Lyp , Lypp and Liepp ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Lipp " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Austria. "Liepp " is used by few people in the United States. "Lyp " is used by some 400 people in Poland and about 70 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maja Lip, Ljiljana Lip, Irena Lip, Miljenko Lip, Josip Lip, Rajko Lip, Ivan Lip, Ljuba Lip, Terezija Lip, Mato Lip, Ivanka Lip, Ana Lip, Marjan Lip, Mario Lip, Mihaela Lip, Ivica Lip, Kata Lip, Ljubica Lip

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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