Surname Džafo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Džafo families are generally Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica ), very rarely Slovenes (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica and Sisak. In Utolica in Hrvatska Kostajnica every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Džafo.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Džafo live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Sisak (10), Petrinja (<10), Utolica (<5), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Džafo (including: Dzafo , Dafo , Daffo and Djaffo ) is present in 9 countries worldwide. The family name "Dzafo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Dafo " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Džafo, Katica Džafo, Natalija Džafo, Vlado Džafo, Zdravka Džafo, Željko Džafo, Dino Džafo, Katarina Džafo, Hajrudin Džafo, Halida Džafo, Mijo Džafo, Ivan Džafo, Vera Džafo, Milan Džafo, Husejin Džafo, Slavko Džafo, Ana Džafo, Dragica Džafo, Nikola Džafo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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