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Surname Šips in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šips families are Croats (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Zagreb.
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Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Šips live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Igrane in Makarska area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šips (including: Sips , Shipps , Schips , Sipps , Ships , Sieps , Schipps , Shlips , Schimps and Schieps ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Ships " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schips " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Shipps " is used by some 700 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Vladimir Šips,
Leopold Šips,
Franjo Šips,
Zlatko Šips,
Sanjin Šips,
Ivana Šips,
Đurđica Šips,
Zdenka Šips,
Anton Šips,
Zoran Šips,
Gordana Šips,
Darko Šips,
Anica Šips,
Mira Šips,
Jozefina Šips,
Marija Šips,
Sabaheta Šips,
Josip Šips,
Katarina Šips
