Surname Sopina in modern Croatia

Sopina families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Sopina live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Kebel in Lepoglava area (30), Kutina (20), Grabe in Lepoglava area (10), and in Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sopina (including: Shopina , Sopinah and Sophina ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Sophina " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Sopina, Antun Sopina, Valentina Sopina, Tomislav Sopina, Rudolf Sopina, Krunoslav Sopina, Josip Sopina, Franjo Sopina, Petra Sopina, Juraj Sopina, Stjepan Sopina, Slavko Sopina, Ljubica Sopina, Ivan Sopina, Ivana Sopina, Ivica Sopina, Biserka Sopina, Željko Sopina, Marija Sopina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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