Surname Lipej in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lipej families are Croats (from the Island of Pag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Lipej live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (<5), Varazdin (<5), Petrinja (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lipej (including: Lipey , Lipei , Lippey , Lipely and Lippee ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. "Lippey " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Lipely " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Lipej, Ivica Lipej, Jadran Lipej, Ema Lipej, Robert Lipej, Nevio Lipej, Sanja Lipej, Mladen Lipej, Dubravko Lipej, Bruno Lipej, Josipa Lipej, Božena Lipej, Nada Lipej, Krešimir Lipej, Marija Lipej, Luka Lipej, Stanislav Lipej, Silvija Lipej, Zdenka Lipej

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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