Surname Papa in modern Croatia

Papa families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Papa live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (45), Belajske Poljice in Duga Resa area (30), Karlovac (20), and in Vrbovec (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Papa (including: Pappa , Paapa , Papaa , Paappa , Phapa , Pappaa , Papah , Papha and Paapaa ) is present in 141 countries worldwide. "Phapa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ksenija Papa, Dubravka Papa, Branko Papa, Jurica Papa, Romana Papa, Anita Papa, Dubravko Papa, Igor Papa, Radenka Papa, Darije Papa, Jelena Papa, Dragica Papa, Vladimir Papa, Ivica Papa, Zdravko Papa, Julije Papa, Robert Papa, Elvin Papa, Miroslav Papa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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