Surname Riffer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Riffer families are Croats (from Zagreb ).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Riffer live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Riffer (including: Rieffer , Rüffer ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. The family name "Riffer " is used by some 400 people in Turkmenistan , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Hungary. "Rieffer " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Riffer, Dragutin Riffer, Milko Riffer, Zrinka Riffer, Ivana Riffer, Heinz Riffer, Ksenija Riffer, August Riffer, Eva Riffer, Jozefina Riffer, Kata Riffer, Marica Riffer

Mentions in sources

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

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