Surname Šnajder in modern Croatia

Šnajder families are often Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica , barely Germans and Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica. In Gudci in Velika Gorica every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šnajder.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Šnajder live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 61 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Gudci (40), Slavonski Brod (20), Sisak (20), and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šnajder (including: Shnayder , Schnaider , Shnaider , Sznajder , Snaider , Sneider , Snajder , Snayder , Schnayder and Schnajder ) is present in 141 countries worldwide. The family name "Snajder " is used by small number of people in Czech Republic and small number in the United States. "Snaider " is used by some 700 people in Argentina , about 200 in Mexico , and some 200 people in the United States. "Sznajder " is used by some 4000 people in Poland , about 200 in Brazil , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slobodan Šnajder, Ivica Šnajder, Viktor Šnajder, Tomo Šnajder, Antun Šnajder, Ivan Šnajder, Romano Šnajder, Iva Šnajder, Jakob Šnajder, Josip Šnajder, Gordana Šnajder, Zoltan Šnajder, Branko Šnajder, Lada Šnajder, Darko Šnajder, Sanja Šnajder, Zlatko Šnajder, Snježana Šnajder, Đuro Šnajder

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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