Surname Lipošćak in modern Croatia

Lipošćak families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Karlovac. In places Trošmarija and Gornje Dubrave in Ogulin every sixth inhabitant had the family name Lipošćak.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Lipošćak live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Ogulin (70), Karlovac (40), Trosmarija (25), Duga Resa (20), and in Zagreb (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Germany (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Lipošćak (including: Liposcak , Liposchak ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Liposcak " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number of people in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Liposchak " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Lipošćak, Višnja Lipošćak, Zdravko Lipošćak, Marko Lipošćak, Zvonimir Lipošćak, Matilda Lipošćak, Kruno Lipošćak, Sunčica Lipošćak, Ivica Lipošćak, Janko Lipošćak, Matea Lipošćak, Davor Lipošćak, Alenka Lipošćak, Slavko Lipošćak, Marica Lipošćak, Diana Lipošćak, Martina Lipošćak, Mirjana Lipošćak, Đurđa Lipošćak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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