Surname Špehar in modern Croatia

Špehar families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. According to some sources they are from Germany or Czechia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Zagreb. In places Soline and Špehari in Vrbovsko area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Špehar.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Špehar live in Croatia today, in 670 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 56 cities and 148 other places, mostly in Zagreb (295), Ogulin (65), Karlovac (60), Saborsko in Slunj area (55), and in Duga Resa (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 40 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Australia (9), the United States (8), France (5), Canada (4), and to Switzerland (2).
Family name Špehar (including: Spehar , Spechar ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Spehar " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 300 in Brazil , and some 300 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Branko Špehar, Vedran Špehar, Gabriel Špehar, Vladimir Špehar, Zlatko Špehar, Vesna Špehar, Denis Špehar, Božena Špehar, Milan Špehar, Josip Špehar, Božica Špehar, Darko Špehar, Nikola Špehar, Natalija Špehar, Vali Špehar, Igor Špehar, Davor Špehar, Sergej Špehar, Damir Špehar

Mentions in sources

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

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