Surname Šafarić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Šafarić live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), in Nedelisce (35), Lopatinec (30) and Brezje (30) in Cakovec area, and in Cakovec (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Australia (3), Canada (2), Japan (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Šafarić (including: Safarick , Safaric and Shafarich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Safarick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ninoslav Šafarić, Tomislav Šafarić, Ines Šafarić, Alenka Šafarić, Robert Šafarić, Antun Šafarić, Radovan Šafarić, Ivan Šafarić, Zlatko Šafarić, Zdravko Šafarić, Kerin Šafarić, Ramon Šafarić, Željko Šafarić, Snježana Šafarić, Ana Šafarić, Mario Šafarić, Verica Šafarić, Vesna Šafarić, Marko Šafarić

Mentions in sources

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

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