Ripić families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area) and in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area). In places Heljdovi and Tošćanica in Rama (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Ripić.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Ripić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Piskorevci (20), Sesvete (10), Vinkovci (10), Ilok (10), and in Sarengrad (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.