Surname Tanfara in modern Croatia

Tanfara families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Pula.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Tanfara live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Brodarica (55), Sibenik (45), Krapanj (30), Zagreb (<10), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tanfara is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Tanfara " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Katarina Tanfara, Igor Tanfara, Sonja Tanfara, Branko Tanfara, Ante Tanfara, Gordan Tanfara, Goran Tanfara, Roko Tanfara, Frane Tanfara, Davorka Tanfara, Dijana Tanfara, Ivana Tanfara, Julijana Tanfara, Tatjana Tanfara, Antonio Tanfara, Bruno Tanfara, Danijela Tanfara, Đani Tanfara, Vesna Tanfara

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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