Surname Šefer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šefer families are almost entirely Croats (from Donji Miholjac ), barely Czechs (from Daruvar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šefer live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Osijek (15), Zagreb (10), Nova Gradiska (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Otok in Vinkovci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Argentina (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Šefer (including: Sefer , Shefer , Schefer , Sheffer , Seffer , Szefer , Shaefer , Shepher , Sepher and Sefeer ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. The family name "Sefer " is used by some 10000 people in Turkey , about 400 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Shepher " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in the Netherlands. "Sepher " is used by some 60 people in Iran and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Šefer, Josip Šefer, Ruža Šefer, Ivan Šefer, Anđelka Šefer, Ana Šefer, Alen Šefer, Bojan Šefer, Oliver Šefer, Milivoj Šefer, Dubravka Šefer, Miroslav Šefer, Zlatko Šefer, Ivana Šefer, Tomislav Šefer, Berislav Šefer, Mirta Šefer, Valentino Šefer, Olga Šefer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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