Surname Scarpa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Scarpa families are predominantly Croats (from Rijeka ), rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Scarpa live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Scarpa (including: Szarpa , Scarppa ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Scarpa " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 5000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Szarpa " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stasio Scarpa, Suzana Scarpa, Ilario Scarpa, Antun Scarpa, Dragica Scarpa, Đurđica Scarpa, Andro Scarpa, Ada Scarpa, Antonio Scarpa, Alberto Scarpa, Stjepan Scarpa, Alice Scarpa, Don Scarpa, Ettore Scarpa, Franka Scarpa, Giulia Scarpa, Iginio Scarpa, Marija Scarpa, Narciza Scarpa

Mentions in sources

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

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