Stipaničev families are Croats and they are mostly from Vodice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Vodice.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Stipaničev live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and threee other places, mostly in Tribunj (90), Zagreb (40), Split (20), Rijeka (15), and in Sibenik (15).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Stipaničev is present in five countries on three continents.
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.