Surname Šajfar in modern Croatia

Šajfar families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Zagreb. In Čamerovac in Slunj every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šajfar.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šajfar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (10), Bili Brig in Pozega area (<10), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (<10), and in Mirkovci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šajfar (including: Sajfar , Saifar , Sayfar , Shayfar , Shaifar and Saiphar ) is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Sajfar " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Sayfar " is used by few people in Algeria and few people in the United States. "Shayfar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šajfar, Ivica Šajfar, Gordana Šajfar, Damir Šajfar, Irena Šajfar, Željka Šajfar, Bare Šajfar, Milan Šajfar, Joso Šajfar, Antun Šajfar, Ante Šajfar, Kristina Šajfar, Stjepan Šajfar, Miljenko Šajfar, Goran Šajfar, Jasna Šajfar, Krešimir Šajfar, Ilijana Šajfar, Darko Šajfar

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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