Surname Šupe in modern Croatia

Šupe families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb. In places Radonić , Gradina and Konjevrate in Sibenik every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šupe.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Šupe live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Sibenik (165), Zagreb (50), Lozovac (20), Zadar (10), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šupe (including: Supe , Shupe , Suppe , Schuppe , Shoupe , Shuppe , Schupe , Suphe , Shupee and Shaupe ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. "Shupe " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 300 in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Schupe " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Suppe " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 100 people in Afghanistan.

Characteristic first names

Svjetlana Šupe, Joško Šupe, Miroslav Šupe, Robert Šupe, Željko Šupe, Zoran Šupe, Ivica Šupe, Jakov Šupe, Toni Šupe, May Šupe, Dane Šupe, Maja Šupe, Šime Šupe, Branimir Šupe, Nada Šupe, Alda Šupe, Dragan Šupe, Željka Šupe, Dario Šupe

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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