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Surname Šafarek in modern Croatia
Šafarek families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Ludbreg. In Martinić in Ludbreg area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šafarek.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Šafarek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Martinic in Ludbreg area (50), Zagreb (10), Ludbreg (<10), Kapela Podravska in Ludbreg area (<5), and in Opatija (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šafarek (including: Safarek , Szafarek and Saffarek ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Safarek " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Szafarek " is used by some 100 people in Poland and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Goran Šafarek,
Damir Šafarek,
Siniša Šafarek,
Mladen Šafarek,
Monika Šafarek,
Dragana Šafarek,
Ružica Šafarek,
Dejan Šafarek,
Robert Šafarek,
Darko Šafarek,
Franjo Šafarek,
Stjepan Šafarek,
Vladimir Šafarek,
Alen Šafarek,
Ivan Šafarek,
Josip Šafarek,
Štefanija Šafarek,
Milenko Šafarek,
Jasenka Šafarek