Surname Slijepčević in modern Croatia

Slijepčević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pakrac. According to some sources they are from Tomasanci near Djakovo, often Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks (Bosnian Krajina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Glina. In Hrtić in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Slijepčević.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Slijepčević live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Hrtic in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (25), Sisak (20), Vukovar (15), and in Slavonski Brod (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Germany (4), Australia (2), New Zealand (1), France (1), Canada (1), and to the Netherlands (1).
Family name Slijepčević is present in 18 countries on three continents. The family name "Slijepcevic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 80 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Sunčana Slijepčević, Siniša Slijepčević, Vladimir Slijepčević, Robert Slijepčević, Tihomira Slijepčević, Milivoj Slijepčević, Melita Slijepčević, Branimir Slijepčević, Leo Slijepčević, Vlasta Slijepčević, Žarko Slijepčević, Biserka Slijepčević, Gordana Slijepčević, Saša Slijepčević, Dalibor Slijepčević, Branko Slijepčević, Vlado Slijepčević, Duško Slijepčević, Boris Slijepčević

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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