Surname Lopin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lopin families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Stolac area) and on Peljesac Peninsula. In Aladinići in East Herzegovina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Lopin.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Lopin live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zuljana on the Peljesac peninsula (30), Dubrovnik (<10), Metkovic (<10), Zaton (<5), and in Gornje Bazje in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lopin (including: Loppin , Hlopin ) is present in 29 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Lopin, Cvjeta Lopin, Lazar Lopin, Antonia Lopin, Marko Lopin, Ivana Lopin, Neven Lopin, Ratomir Lopin, Srećko Lopin, Valentina Lopin, Dragica Lopin, Velimir Lopin, Senka Lopin, Božica Lopin, Dijana Lopin, Damir Lopin, Amalija Lopin, Marija Lopin, Antonija Lopin

Mentions in sources

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

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