Surname Popovčić in modern Croatia

Popovčić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Glina area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Glina.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Popovčić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 13 other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (30), Tenja (15), Hotnja in Glina area (15), Zagreb (10), and in Pokupsko in Glina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (2), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Popovčić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Popovčić, Josip Popovčić, Darinka Popovčić, Ana Popovčić, Martina Popovčić, Milan Popovčić, Đorđe Popovčić, Marija Popovčić, Savo Popovčić, Bosiljka Popovčić, Ljiljana Popovčić, Vera Popovčić, Dragoslav Popovčić, Mirjana Popovčić, Ljeposava Popovčić, Radovan Popovčić, Ivica Popovčić, Marica Popovčić, Slobodan Popovčić

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.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories