Surname Stepančić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Stepančić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (20), Pula (15), Nedescina in Labin area (15), and in Labin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (6) and Australia (2).
Family name Stepančić (including: Stepancich , Stepancic , Stephanchick and Stepanchick ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Stepancic " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Stepanchick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Stephanchick " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Romano Stepančić, Rinaldo Stepančić, Nikola Stepančić, Robert Stepančić, Elio Stepančić, Klara Stepančić, Saša Stepančić, Franko Stepančić, Marko Stepančić, Silvano Stepančić, Klaudia Stepančić, Andrej Stepančić, Tihana Stepančić, Stefan Stepančić, Dorijano Stepančić, Marin Stepančić, Ljudmila Stepančić, Franjo Stepančić, Zdenkica Stepančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1714 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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