In Croatia, Harfman families are generally Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), rarely Bosniaks (from Samobor ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Middle Bosnia (Novi Travnik area).
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Harfman live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Mali Lipovec (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.