Surname Sljepčević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sljepčević families are predominantly Croats (from Virovitica area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Duga Resa area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Sljepčević live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (<10), Belisce (<10), Slavonski Brod (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Orlic in Knin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sljepčević (including: Sljepcevic , Sliepcevich and Sliepcevic ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Sliepcevic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Sljepčević, Ivanka Sljepčević, Jozefina Sljepčević, Ljubomir Sljepčević, Milan Sljepčević, Mario Sljepčević, Leo Sljepčević, Nikola Sljepčević, Franjo Sljepčević, Dragan Sljepčević, Senka Sljepčević, Marijana Sljepčević, Andrej Sljepčević, Siniša Sljepčević, Tanja Sljepčević, Marija Sljepčević, Ivan Sljepčević, Dragica Sljepčević, Milica Sljepčević

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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