Stepčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Labin. In Vrećari in Labin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Stepčić.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Stepčić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in four Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Pula (25), Rijeka (15), and in Stepcici (10), Nedescina (<10) and Plomin (<10) in Labin area.
Outside Croatia
At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (6) and Australia (5). Family name Stepčić (including: Stepcic , Stepcich ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Stepcic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.
