Surname Saftić in modern Croatia

Saftić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Kasuni in Vrbovsko area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Saftić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Saftić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Zagreb (20), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (10), Hrvatska Kostajnica (<10), and in Grizane-Belgrad in Novi Vinodolski area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Argentina (2), the United States (2), and to Canada (1).
Family name Saftić (including: Saftic , Saftich and Shaftic ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Saftic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Saftich " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in Bolivia , and small number of people in the United States. "Shaftic " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Saftić, Igor Saftić, Norma Saftić, Josip Saftić, Bruno Saftić, Marina Saftić, Mirko Saftić, Gordana Saftić, Marta Saftić, Sandra Saftić, Tomislav Saftić, Anica Saftić, Jadranka Saftić, Darko Saftić, Marinko Saftić, Andjelko Saftić, Ankica Saftić, Stanko Saftić, Siniša Saftić

Mentions in sources

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

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