Surname Šepat in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šepat families are generally Croats (from Klanjec area ), very rarely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šepat live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Sesvete (<5), Zadar (<5), Samobor (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šepat (including: Sepat , Scheppat , Schepat , Schneppat , Schelpat , Sepaat , Szepat and Sepathi ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Schepat " is used by few people in the United States. "Schelpat " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Šepat, Nada Šepat, Ivana Šepat, Ivan Šepat, Branko Šepat, Braco Šepat, Mira Šepat, Stjepan Šepat, Ines Šepat, Andrea Šepat, Željka Šepat, Nenad Šepat, Sovjeta Šepat, Franjo Šepat, Nevenka Šepat, Darko Šepat, Jadranka Šepat, Sunčica Šepat, Josip Šepat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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