Surname Sefer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sefer families are mainly Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), less frequently Bosniaks (from Middle Bosnia ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Slovenia. In Seferi in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Sefer.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Sefer live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and threee other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Podstrana in Solin area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Molve in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Sisak (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Sefer (including: Shefer , Sheffer , Seffer , Szefer , Shefeer , Sepher , Sefeer , Seefer and Szeffer ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. The family name "Sefer " is used by some 10000 people in Turkey , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Sepher " is used by some 60 people in Iran and small number in the United States. "Szefer " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Željko Sefer, Merima Sefer, Sanja Sefer, Mirsad Sefer, Mirsada Sefer, Mirjana Sefer, Senad Sefer, Igor Sefer, Jasmin Sefer, Nina Sefer, Džemal Sefer, Irfan Sefer, Mia Sefer, Sabina Sefer, Danijela Sefer, Safet Sefer, Jadranka Sefer, Nejra Sefer, Samra Sefer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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