Surname Stipčević in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Stipčević live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zadar (170), Zagreb (35), Lapovci in Djakovo area (20), Pula (10), and in Islam Grcki (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Argentina (3), Australia (3), Canada (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Stipčević (including: Stipcevic , Stipcevich and Stipchevich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Stipcevic " is used by small number of people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Stipčević, Aleksandar Stipčević, Ennio Stipčević, Tamara Stipčević, Milan Stipčević, Metka Stipčević, Nevio Stipčević, Leonora Stipčević, Ivica Stipčević, Borben Stipčević, Mario Stipčević, Branimir Stipčević, Mauricio Stipčević, Damir Stipčević, Ana Stipčević, Dragor Stipčević, Valentino Stipčević, Ugo Stipčević, Mirjana Stipčević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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