Surname Stupar in modern Croatia

Stupar families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Samobor , often Serbs, very rarely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Slani Dol in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Stupar.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Stupar live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Slani Dol (40), Pula (30), Rijeka (25), and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Germany (4), Austria (1), Belgium (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Stupar (including: Stupár , Sztupar ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Stupar " is used by some 1000 people in Romania , about 800 in the United States , and some 700 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Stupar, Dubravko Stupar, Tihana Stupar, Jasminka Stupar, Slavoljub Stupar, Sergio Stupar, Alen Stupar, Lidija Stupar, Koraljka Stupar, Nevenko Stupar, Sanjin Stupar, Damir Stupar, Saša Stupar, Nenad Stupar, Ranko Stupar, Dragana Stupar, Riste Stupar, Željko Stupar, Drago Stupar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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