Surname Šoufek in modern Croatia

Šoufek families are mainly Czechs and they are mostly from Kutina , but often Croats (also from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šoufek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Banova Jaruga (20), Medjuric (20), Zagreb (10), Split (<10), and in Garesnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šoufek is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Marin Šoufek, Željko Šoufek, Damir Šoufek, Snježana Šoufek, Srećko Šoufek, Vesna Šoufek, Jaroslav Šoufek, Mario Šoufek, Ivica Šoufek, Zlatko Šoufek, Vladimir Šoufek, Darko Šoufek, Ljiljana Šoufek, Oliver Šoufek, Ana Šoufek, Dejan Šoufek, Gordana Šoufek, Franjo Šoufek, Josip Šoufek

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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