Surname Stopić in modern Croatia

Stopić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Doboj area (Bosnia). According to some sources they are from Lika (near Gospic), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Stopić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Vinkovci (<10), Hrvatski Leskovac (<10), Karlovac (<10), and in Stari Slatinik in Pleternica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Stopić (including: Stopic , Stopichev and Stopich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Josip Stopić, Luka Stopić, Ivan Stopić, Franjo Stopić, Suzana Stopić, Kristijan Stopić, Dinko Stopić, Svijetlana Stopić, Jure Stopić, Vladimir Stopić, Zvonimir Stopić, Slavko Stopić, Katarina Stopić, Zlatko Stopić, Petar Stopić, Dražen Stopić, Andrija Stopić, Vesna Stopić, Mato Stopić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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