Surname Šporer in modern Croatia

Šporer families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Delnice area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šporer live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Sunger in Delnice area (25), Rijeka (20), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (15), Zagreb (15), and in Krizevci (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Šporer (including: Sporer , Sporrer , Spohrer , Spoerer , Shporer and Szporer ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Sporer " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 2000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Austria. "Shporer " is used by some 50 people in Israel and small number in the United States. "Spohrer " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and small number of people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Antun Šporer, David Šporer, Inja Šporer, Tomislav Šporer, Davor Šporer, Barbara Šporer, Milivoj Šporer, Zvonko Šporer, Marijan Šporer, Danijel Šporer, Alen Šporer, Juraj Šporer, Katica Šporer, Jasmina Šporer, Sanja Šporer, Anton Šporer, Ivanka Šporer, Josip Šporer, Nedeljko Šporer

Mentions in sources

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

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