Surname Šuper in modern Croatia

Šuper families are Croats and they are mostly from Gospic. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Rizvanuša in Gospic every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šuper.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Šuper live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Gospic (25), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (25), Rijeka (15), and in Osijek (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (5) and Switzerland (1).
Family name Šuper (including: Super , Supper , Shuper , Schupper , Szuper , Shupper , Sueper , Schuper , Shluper and Supher ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Super " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Indonesia , and some 700 people in Russian Federation. "Shuper " is used by some 500 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 70 people in the United States. "Schuper " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Šuper, Igor Šuper, Martina Šuper, Ivica Šuper, Ružica Šuper, Ines Šuper, Patris Šuper, Nikola Šuper, Helena Šuper, Milan Šuper, Blažica Šuper, Darko Šuper, Mirjana Šuper, Nikolina Šuper, Anica Šuper, Mario Šuper, Zvonimir Šuper, Mato Šuper, Ivan Šuper

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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