Surname Sarapa in modern Croatia

Sarapa families are predominantly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina , less frequently Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Karlovac. In Gornji Klasnić in Glina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Sarapa.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sarapa live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Mirkovci (<10), Sisak (<10), Koprivnica (<10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sarapa (including: Sharapa , Sarappa , Sarapha and Sarrapa ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Sarapa " is used by some 100 people in Thailand , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Latvia. "Sarappa " is used by some 100 people in Italy , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Sarapa, Zdravko Sarapa, Milan Sarapa, Vlatka Sarapa, Dragomir Sarapa, Branislav Sarapa, Dolores Sarapa, Ilija Sarapa, Pero Sarapa, Nebojša Sarapa, Valerija Sarapa, Ljubica Sarapa, Saša Sarapa, Đuro Sarapa, Dejan Sarapa, Dijana Sarapa, Sanda Sarapa, Vlatko Sarapa, Ana Sarapa

Mentions in sources

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

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