In Croatia, Stipeljković families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Stipeljković live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Trpanj on the Peljesac peninsula (<5), Rozat (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Stipeljković is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.