Surname Kalafatić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kalafatić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Osijek (15), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (15), Samobor (<10), and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (3).
Family name Kalafatić (including: Kalafatic , Kalafatich ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Kalafatic " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Mexico , and small number of people in Bolivia. "Kalafatich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Držislav Kalafatić, Valdi Kalafatić, Ivan Kalafatić, Tomislav Kalafatić, Krešimir Kalafatić, Mirjana Kalafatić, Zoran Kalafatić, Hermina Kalafatić, Hrvoje Kalafatić, Dragica Kalafatić, Igor Kalafatić, Ivanka Kalafatić, Danilo Kalafatić, Eduard Kalafatić, Marina Kalafatić, Saša Kalafatić, Sanja Kalafatić, Nevenka Kalafatić, Danijela Kalafatić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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