Surname Trope in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Trope families are almost entirely Croats (from Cabar ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Trope live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Cabar (20), Rijeka (15), Vrbovsko (<5), Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<5), and in Baska on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Trope (including: Tropee , Thrope , Troope , Troppé and Troppe ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Trope " is used by some 400 people in South Africa , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Troppe " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Thrope " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Predrag Trope, Herman Trope, Josip Trope, Siniša Trope, Snježana Trope, Nevenka Trope, Pavica Trope, Ladislav Trope, Željko Trope, Vesna Trope, Zlatko Trope, Katica Trope, Davorka Trope, Zdravko Trope, Anet Trope, Goran Trope, Martin Trope, Marija Trope, Marinko Trope

Mentions in sources

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

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