Surname Stefanović in modern Croatia

Stefanović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb , often Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Stefanović live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Split (30), Vukovar (25), Rijeka (20), and in Pula (20).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (3), Australia (2), Germany (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Stefanović (including: Stefanovich , Stefanovic , Stefanowicz , Stefanowich , Stefanovicz , Stephanovich , Stephanovic , Stefanovitsch , Stefanowic and Stefanowitsch ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Stefanovic " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 200 people in France. "Stephanovich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Poland , and small number of people in the United States. "Stephanovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljubomir Stefanović, Željko Stefanović, Mirko Stefanović, Mladen Stefanović, Predrag Stefanović, Staša Stefanović, Sanda Stefanović, Dean Stefanović, Zoran Stefanović, Goran Stefanović, Mitjan Stefanović, Refija Stefanović, Branka Stefanović, Nikola Stefanović, Zlatko Stefanović, Danko Stefanović, Bojan Stefanović, Slobodan Stefanović, Branko Stefanović

Mentions in sources

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

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