Surname Šnajdar in modern Croatia

Šnajdar families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Delnice. In Belo Selo in Kraljevica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Šnajdar.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Šnajdar live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Delnice (30), Zagreb (15), Klana in Opatija area (15), Karlovac (<10), and in Selce (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Šnajdar (including: Snajdar , Shnaydar , Snaidar , Sneidar and Schnaidar ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Snajdar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schnaidar " is used by few people in the United States. "Sneidar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boža Šnajdar, Suzana Šnajdar, Željko Šnajdar, Ivan Šnajdar, Marijo Šnajdar, Danijel Šnajdar, Dubravka Šnajdar, Robert Šnajdar, Dragutin Šnajdar, Inges Šnajdar, Ivona Šnajdar, Dijana Šnajdar, Marko Šnajdar, Tihomir Šnajdar, Martina Šnajdar, Kristian Šnajdar, Mirjana Šnajdar, Mara Šnajdar, Kristina Šnajdar

Mentions in sources

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

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