Surname Šaftić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šaftić families are Croats (from Zupanja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija area and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šaftić live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Trinajstici (<5), Matulji in Opatija area (<5), and in Drenovci in Zupanja area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šaftić (including: Saftic , Saftich and Shaftic ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Saftic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Saftich " is used by small number of people in Thailand , small number in Bolivia , and small number of people in the United States. "Shaftic " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikola Šaftić, Vojko Šaftić, Ružica Šaftić, Edvard Šaftić, Elizabeta Šaftić, Marta Šaftić, Lidija Šaftić, Mato Šaftić, Adam Šaftić, Paulina Šaftić, Marko Šaftić, Mateo Šaftić, Emil Šaftić, Emica Šaftić, Liza Šaftić

Mentions in sources

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

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