Surname Čip in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čip families are generally Croats (from Slatina area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area) and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Čip live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Makarska (<5), Veliko Brdo (<5), Rijeka (<5), Slatina (<5), and in Nova Bukovica in Slatina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čip (including: Cip , Chip , Chipp , Cholip , Chaip , Cipp , Chiep , Tschip , Cziep and Chhip ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Chip " is used by some 4000 people in Viet Nam , about 600 in the United States , and some 400 people in Indonesia. "Tschip " is used by few people in the United States. "Chipp " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Great Britain , and some 80 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Vitomir Čip, Siniša Čip, Čip Čip, Zdenko Čip, Marko Čip, Ivica Čip, Evica Čip, Ana Čip, Dubravka Čip, Stanica Čip, Bara Čip, Ivan Čip, Tomislav Čip, Martina Čip, Petra Čip, Marija Čip, Franjo Čip, Karlo Čip, Katica Čip

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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