Surname Schaffer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Schaffer families are Croats (from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Delnice.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Schaffer live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Jurdani in Opatija area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Jagodno (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Schaffer is present in 66 countries worldwide. The family name "Schaffer " is used by some 40000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Germany , and some 5000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Schaffer, Daniel Schaffer, Jagoda Schaffer, Michael Schaffer, Ana Schaffer, Elvira Schaffer, Branko Schaffer, Marija Schaffer, Ljubica Schaffer, Adam Schaffer

Mentions in sources

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

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