Surname Kufner in modern Croatia

Kufner families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Delnice area. In Kamenska in Pozega area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kufner.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Kufner live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Ravna Gora in Delnice area (25), Sirac in Daruvar area (15), Osijek (15), and in Daruvar (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kufner (including: Küffner , Kuefner , Kuffner and Küfner ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Kufner " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Brazil. "Kuefner " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in the Philippines. "Kuffner " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 80 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kufner, Vera Kufner, Slaven Kufner, Zdravko Kufner, Zlatko Kufner, Danijel Kufner, Romeo Kufner, Goranka Kufner, Željko Kufner, Lidija Kufner, Branimir Kufner, Sebastijan Kufner, Hrvoje Kufner, Alen Kufner, Draženka Kufner, Goran Kufner, Ivan Kufner, Antonio Kufner, Dražen Kufner

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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