Surname Sterpin in modern Croatia

Sterpin families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , less frequently Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Sterpin live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Pula (20), Kastav (<5), Nerezine on the Island of Losinj (<5), and in Valtura in Pula area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sterpin is present in 17 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Elio Sterpin, Helena Sterpin, Massimiliano Sterpin, Valter Sterpin, Mario Sterpin, Damir Sterpin, Mauro Sterpin, Saša Sterpin, Anita Sterpin, Ljiljana Sterpin, Petra Sterpin, Dario Sterpin, Luciano Sterpin, Marija Sterpin, Argene Sterpin, Marino Sterpin, Sabina Sterpin, Željka Sterpin, Roberto Sterpin

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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