Surname Alfirević in modern Croatia

Alfirević families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Split , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Ostrvica in Omis every tenth inhabitant had the family name Alfirević.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Alfirević live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (75), Kastel Sucurac (55), Ostrvica (35), Zagreb (35), and in Sibenik (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Alfirević (including: Alfirevic , Alfirevich ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Alfirevic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Acija Alfirević, Jakša Alfirević, Igor Alfirević, Anita Alfirević, Ivo Alfirević, Izidor Alfirević, Nikša Alfirević, Željko Alfirević, Zrinka Alfirević, Lovre Alfirević, Ante Alfirević, Darko Alfirević, Ivica Alfirević, Dario Alfirević, Nevenka Alfirević, Helena Alfirević, Eduard Alfirević, Gorjana Alfirević, Milan Alfirević

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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