Surname Čefko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čefko families are almost entirely Croats (from Zlatar area ), barely Slovenes (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Čefko live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Tugonica in Zlatar area (<10), Veleskovec in Oroslavje area (<10), Visnjevac (<5), and in Zabok (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čefko (including: Cefko , Csefkó , Chefko and Cherefko ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Chefko " is used by few people in the United States. "Cherefko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nataša Čefko, Damir Čefko, Stjepan Čefko, Franjo Čefko, Ksenija Čefko, Ivan Čefko, Ljubica Čefko, Darinka Čefko, Dražen Čefko, Snježana Čefko, Igor Čefko, Zlatica Čefko, Vera Čefko, Ankica Čefko, Gordana Čefko, Mirjana Čefko, Mladen Čefko, Darko Čefko, Josip Čefko

Mentions in sources

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

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