Surname Zupan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zupan families are predominantly Croats (from Labin ), rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ), and very rarely Albanians (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Zupan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and two other places, mostly in Split (10), Zagreb (<10), Labin (<10), Krk on the Island of Krk (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zupan (including: Zhupan , Zsuppán , Zuppan , Zsuppan , Zuppann and Zsupan ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Zupan " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 700 in Argentina , and some 600 people in Germany. "Zuppan " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in France. "Zuppann " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Irina Zupan, Milan Zupan, Danijel Zupan, Katarina Zupan, Božidar Zupan, Srećko Zupan, Samo Zupan, Jure Zupan, Nada Zupan, Tuša Zupan, Leonardo Zupan, Martina Zupan, Elvis Zupan, Bogdan Zupan, Simon Zupan, Giovanni Zupan, Valter Zupan, Elide Zupan, Matjaž Zupan

Mentions in sources

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

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