In Croatia, Čipin families are Croats (from Knin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and in Knin area.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Čipin live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cerna in Zupanja area (<10), Vinkovci (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Sibenik (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.