Surname Šipek in modern Croatia

Šipek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 850 people with faimily name Šipek live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 890 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 77 other places, mostly in Zagreb (195), Vinica in Ivanec area (110), Varazdin (50), Veliko Trgovisce in Zabok area (45), and in Klostar Podravski in Djurdjevac area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šipek (including: Sipek , Sypek , Shipek , Schiepek , Shipeck and Schipek ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Sipek " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Shipek " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Schiepek " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Šipek, Josip Šipek, Ivica Šipek, Stjepan Šipek, Karmena Šipek, Miroslav Šipek, Milan Šipek, Božidar Šipek, Hrvoje Šipek, Valentina Šipek, Branka Šipek, Tomislav Šipek, Željko Šipek, Jelena Šipek, Ana Šipek, Zlatko Šipek, Krešimir Šipek, Ivan Šipek, Branko Šipek

Mentions in sources

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

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