Surname Šafranić in modern Croatia

Šafranić families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šafranić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Velika Gorica (50), Zagreb (30), Hrasce Turopoljsko (<10), Brezane Lekenicke in Petrinja area (<10), and in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šafranić (including: Safranic , Shafranich , Szafranic , Schafranick and Safraniec ) is present in 8 countries on two continents. The family name "Safranic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shafranich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Safraniec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Amira Šafranić, Alan Šafranić, Milovan Šafranić, Vjekoslav Šafranić, Ružica Šafranić, Željko Šafranić, Darko Šafranić, Ljubomir Šafranić, Antun Šafranić, Mladen Šafranić, Snježana Šafranić, Diana Šafranić, Maja Šafranić, Josip Šafranić, Davor Šafranić, Ivica Šafranić, Stjepan Šafranić, Tamara Šafranić, Katica Šafranić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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