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Surname Šifner in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šifner families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area) and in Pakrac.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šifner live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Djakovo (<10), Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (<10), Split (<5), and in Nova Gradiska (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šifner (including: Schiffner , Sifner , Shifner , Schiefner , Szyfner , Shiffner , Siefner and Schifner ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. "Siefner " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shiffner " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Schiffner " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 200 people in Canada.
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Characteristic first names
Tihomir Šifner,
Darko Šifner,
Ronaldo Šifner,
Dragica Šifner,
Mira Šifner,
Mato Šifner,
Nevenka Šifner,
Gordana Šifner,
Sonja Šifner,
Ivan Šifner,
Pava Šifner,
Pavao Šifner,
Veronika Šifner,
Anton Šifner,
Željko Šifner,
Dražen Šifner,
Ermina Šifner,
Barica Šifner,
Nikola Šifner
