Koprivica


Koprivica is a Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian surname. Koprivicas stem from the area of Banjani, which was formerly part of Herzegovina but together with Piva, Niksic and Sutorina was attached to Montenegro on July 13, 1878 due to a decision of the Congress of Berlin.
Koprivicas can be found in the whole world, but mostly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, although some Koprivicas live in Croatia where they converted from Orthodoxy to Catholicism. Koprivicas in Croatia live mostly in Konavle and Dubrovnik. The family arrived in Dubrovnik 1393 where Vuk Koprivica married a noblewoman and converted to Catholicism. Through ages, Koprivicas gave many doctors, politicians and priests in Dubrovnik. Famous are Niko Koprivica, who served as last Croatian Mayor of Dubrovnik in 1944 and was later brutally murdered by Yugoslav Partisans when they occupied Dubrovnik. In 1991, two Koprivica brothers, Ivo and Nikša served as defenders of the city during Serbo-Montenegrin aggression on Croatia. Ivo died in the war, leaving his younger brother as head of this ancient Dubrovnik family.
Some notable people with the surname Koprivica are: