Surname Vorkapić in modern Croatia

Vorkapić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , whereas often Croats (from Ogulin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Osijek. In places Vorkapić and Katinovac in Glina area every third inhabitant had the family name Vorkapić.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Vorkapić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 820 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 32 cities and 44 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Rijeka (45), Topusko in Glina area (40), Vukovar (30), and in Katinovac in Glina area (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vorkapić (including: Vorkapich , Vorkapic ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Vorkapic " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Vorkapich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Vorkapić, Branislav Vorkapić, Slobodan Vorkapić, Milena Vorkapić, Dušan Vorkapić, Žarko Vorkapić, Vladimir Vorkapić, Miroslav Vorkapić, Saša Vorkapić, Siniša Vorkapić, Goran Vorkapić, Boris Vorkapić, Đurđica Vorkapić, Draženka Vorkapić, Marija Vorkapić, Zdravko Vorkapić, Alan Vorkapić, Alen Vorkapić, Željka Vorkapić

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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