Surname Stjepan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Stjepan families are predominantly Croats (from Garesnica ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Garesnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Stjepan live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Daruvar (<5), Zagreb (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (<5), and in Domankus in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stjepan is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Stiepan " is used by small number of people in Austria and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Držislav Stjepan, Milada Stjepan, Josip Stjepan, Miroslav Stjepan, Božena Stjepan, Katica Stjepan, Branko Stjepan, Slađana Stjepan, Dalibor Stjepan, Jakopić Stjepan, Marija Stjepan, Agneza Stjepan, Božić Stjepan, Dogan Stjepan, Jukić Stjepan, Jurić Stjepan, Marica Stjepan, Mikan Stjepan, Predrag Stjepan

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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