Surname Rupčić in modern Croatia

Rupčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin. According to some sources they are from Hum in Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Ogulin. In Hardomilje in Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Rupčić.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Rupčić live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 137 other places, mostly in Zagreb (195), Rijeka (70), Osijek (70), Ogulin (55), and in Split (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (7), Switzerland (3), Australia (3), Canada (3), France (2), Belgium (1), Sweden (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Rupčić (including: Rupcic , Rupcich ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Rupcic " is used by some 500 people in Argentina , about 300 in Canada , and some 100 people in the United States. "Rupcich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Chile , and small number of people in Venezuela.

Characteristic first names

Stjepko Rupčić, Vladimir Rupčić, Josip Rupčić, Stanislav Rupčić, Ljudevit Rupčić, Hrvoje Rupčić, Milan Rupčić, Grgo Rupčić, Jasminka Rupčić, Renata Rupčić, Boris Rupčić, Vesna Rupčić, Božo Rupčić, Slavko Rupčić, Mirjana Rupčić, Antonio Rupčić, Marijan Rupčić, Božena Rupčić, Marija Rupčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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