Surname Šafarik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šafarik families are generally Croats (from Rovinj area ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šafarik live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Vukovar (<10), Krivaj in Novska area (<10), Mirkovci (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šafarik (including: Safarik , Shafarik , Schafarik , Safarick and Safaric ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Safarik " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany. "Shafarik " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Safarick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordon Šafarik, Dalibor Šafarik, Mario Šafarik, Davor Šafarik, Ivana Šafarik, Maja Šafarik, Marko Šafarik, Jasenka Šafarik, Katarina Šafarik, Jiri Šafarik, Josipa Šafarik, Pavel Šafarik, Ivan Šafarik, Ruženka Šafarik, Željko Šafarik, Sanja Šafarik, Hrvoje Šafarik, Ladislav Šafarik, Branimir Šafarik

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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