Surname Jeftić in modern Croatia

Jeftić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Kunosići in Middle Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Jeftić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Jeftić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Varazdin (10), Dubrovnik (<5), Novska (<5), and in Josipovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Jeftić (including: Jeftic , Jeftich and Yeftich ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Jeftic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Jeftich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yeftich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Jeftić, Boris Jeftić, Dragana Jeftić, Valentina Jeftić, Darinko Jeftić, Nives Jeftić, Manda Jeftić, Aleksandra Jeftić, Rajo Jeftić, Ranko Jeftić, Dalibor Jeftić, Radica Jeftić, Zoran Jeftić, Nevenka Jeftić, Ljubomir Jeftić, Marija Jeftić, Gordana Jeftić, Nada Jeftić, Vida Jeftić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1937 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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