Surname Stepan in modern Croatia

Stepan families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Stepan live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Ostrice (35), Donja Stubica (20), Strmec Remetinecki (20), and in Pustodol (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stepan (including: Stephan , Steppan , Steephan , Stéphan , Shtepan , Stephann , Sthepan and Steepan ) is present in 105 countries worldwide. The family name "Stepan " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 600 in Czech Republic , and some 500 people in Moldova. "Stephan " is used by some 60000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Željko Stepan, Ingrid Stepan, Kristijan Stepan, Ervin Stepan, Ivica Stepan, Draženka Stepan, Nikola Stepan, Valent Stepan, Ivan Stepan, Sandra Stepan, Danijel Stepan, Marijan Stepan, Božica Stepan, Darko Stepan, Vlatko Stepan, Milan Stepan, Đuro Stepan, Snježana Stepan, Antun Stepan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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