Surname Fajfar in modern Croatia

Fajfar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Fajfar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Sracinec in Varazdin area (15), Zagreb (<10), Varazdin (<10), Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (<10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fajfar (including: Fayfar , Faifar and Feifar ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Fajfar " is used by some 50 people in Argentina , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Fayfar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Ukraine. "Faifar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Fajfar, Marko Fajfar, Slavko Fajfar, Jasminka Fajfar, Ivica Fajfar, Silvio Fajfar, Andrija Fajfar, Stanislav Fajfar, Ljubica Fajfar, Ivana Fajfar, Ivan Fajfar, Robert Fajfar, Đurđa Fajfar, Romana Fajfar, Ivančica Fajfar, Marija Fajfar, Lidija Fajfar, Blanka Fajfar, Melita Fajfar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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