Surname Nefat in modern Croatia

Nefat families are predominantly Croats the family name originates from Pazin , also Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin and Pula. In Heki in Pazin every seventh inhabitant had the family name Nefat.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Nefat live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Pula (35), Heki (20), Pazin (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Beram (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Nefat (including: Neffat , Nephat ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Nefat " is used by few people in the United States. "Nephat " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ariana Nefat, Livio Nefat, Aleksandra Nefat, Bruno Nefat, Boris Nefat, Nataša Nefat, Kristina Nefat, Silvio Nefat, Neda Nefat, Aldo Nefat, Lidija Nefat, Marija Nefat, Svjetlana Nefat, Miran Nefat, Dalibor Nefat, Giorgio Nefat, Branko Nefat, Kristijan Nefat, Davor Nefat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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