Surname Šafran in modern Croatia

Šafran families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Butkovec in Novi Marof area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šafran.

Prevalence

About 530 people with faimily name Šafran live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (180), Ostrice (35), Orehovec (30), Butkovec in Novi Marof area (30), and in Varazdin (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šafran (including: Safran , Shafran , Szafran , Saffran , Schafran , Schaffran , Shaffran , Saffrahn , Shaphran and Shaferan ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. The family name "Safran " is used by some 8000 people in Sri Lanka , about 7000 in Turkey , and some 7000 people in the United States. "Shafran " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 800 in Sri Lanka , and some 700 people in Israel. "Schafran " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Šafran, Jasenka Šafran, Božidar Šafran, Vladimir Šafran, Dragica Šafran, Mario Šafran, Eugen Šafran, Adrijano Šafran, Željka Šafran, Siniša Šafran, Suzi Šafran, Krešimir Šafran, Ivica Šafran, Dario Šafran, Žarko Šafran, Nevenko Šafran, Dado Šafran, Alen Šafran, Mijo Šafran

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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