Surname Lupis in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lupis families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Sisak. In Nakovanj on Peljesac Peninsula every second inhabitant had the family name Lupis.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lupis live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Loviste (10) and Kuciste (10) on the Peljesac peninsula, Zagreb (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Viganj on the Peljesac peninsula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (2), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Lupis (including: Lupish , Luppis and Lupiss ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Lupiss " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vinicije Lupis, Zorana Lupis, Žarko Lupis, Tamara Lupis, Dinko Lupis, Dolores Lupis, Berislav Lupis, Anita Lupis, Marija Lupis, Ivan Lupis, Štefica Lupis, Želimir Lupis, Siniša Lupis, Petar Lupis, Branka Lupis, Igor Lupis, Nedjeljka Lupis, Nikola Lupis, Djani Lupis

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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