Surname Sopjanac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sopjanac families are almost entirely Croats (from Slatina area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slatina area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Sopjanac live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Noskovci in Slatina area (20), Josipovac (15), Zagreb (10), Sopje in Slatina area (<10), and in Pakrac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sopjanac is present in four countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Sopjanac, Siniša Sopjanac, Saša Sopjanac, Mario Sopjanac, Zlatko Sopjanac, Željka Sopjanac, Jasenko Sopjanac, Kristina Sopjanac, Danijel Sopjanac, Pavo Sopjanac, Vlatka Sopjanac, Ana Sopjanac, Dario Sopjanac, Mato Sopjanac, Zdravko Sopjanac, Gabrijel Sopjanac, Stevo Sopjanac, Danijela Sopjanac, Marko Sopjanac

Mentions in sources

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

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