Surname Rupić in modern Croatia

Rupić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb. In Dubrava kod Šibenika in Sibenik every tenth inhabitant had the family name Rupić.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Rupić live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Sibenik (135), Zagreb (50), Dubrava kod Sibenika (20), Split (15), and in Srednji Mosti in Bjelovar area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (7) and the United States (1).
Family name Rupić (including: Rupich , Rupitsch , Rupic , Rupicz , Ruppitsch and Rupiec ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. "Rupich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Rupicz " is used by few people in the United States. "Rupiec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mate Rupić, Željko Rupić, Vlatko Rupić, Josipa Rupić, Sanja Rupić, Sunčana Rupić, Ivica Rupić, Darko Rupić, Edi Rupić, Mario Rupić, Ante Rupić, Gordana Rupić, Ivan Rupić, Krešimir Rupić, Slobodan Rupić, Mladen Rupić, Zlatko Rupić, Lucija Rupić, Joso Rupić

Mentions in sources

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

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