Surname Lipovščak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lipovščak families are generally Croats (from Kastav ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Lipovščak live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Rijeka (<10), Kastav (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Belavici (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lipovščak is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Lipovscak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Lipovščak, Vesna Lipovščak, Petar Lipovščak, Melita Lipovščak, Mladen Lipovščak, Marija Lipovščak, Josip Lipovščak, Nevenka Lipovščak, Andrea Lipovščak, Marko Lipovščak, Miran Lipovščak, Ema Lipovščak, Ivana Lipovščak, Denis Lipovščak, Goran Lipovščak, Katica Lipovščak, Mario Lipovščak, Neda Lipovščak, Radovan Lipovščak

Mentions in sources

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

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