Surname Šiftar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šiftar families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šiftar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Ivanic-Grad (20), Zagreb (15), Split (<5), Donji Trpuci (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Switzerland (1).
Family name Šiftar (including: Siftar , Shiftar and Schiftar ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Siftar " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Shiftar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schiftar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Juraj Šiftar, Zoran Šiftar, Ivana Šiftar, Davor Šiftar, Damir Šiftar, Marko Šiftar, Predrag Šiftar, Nikola Šiftar, Zlatko Šiftar, Ivica Šiftar, Biljana Šiftar, Martina Šiftar, Mile Šiftar, Zdravko Šiftar, Dragica Šiftar, Vili Šiftar, Vesna Šiftar, Božidar Šiftar, Dubravko Šiftar

Mentions in sources

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

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