Surname Lipnik in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lipnik live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Banovo (<10), Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<5), Plomin in Labin area (<5), and in Makarska (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and France (1).
Family name Lipnik (including: Lipnick , Lypnik , Lippnik , Lipnic and Liepniek ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Lipnik " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Israel. "Lippnik " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Lipnick " is used by some 500 people in the United States , small number in Israel , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Alan Lipnik, Filip Lipnik, Branka Lipnik, Jože Lipnik, Anton Lipnik, Josip Lipnik, Mladen Lipnik, Elza Lipnik, Andrej Lipnik, Dario Lipnik, Gorazd Lipnik, Franjo Lipnik, Milka Lipnik, Jožef Lipnik, Štefica Lipnik, Marijan Lipnik, Ivan Lipnik, Zlatko Lipnik, Katarina Lipnik

Mentions in sources

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

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