Surname Štafa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Štafa families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Štafa live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Lukovo (<5), Split (<5), and in Vrbanj on the Island of Hvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štafa (including: Stafa , Staffa , Stapha and Sztafa ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. "Staffa " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 700 in the United States , and some 700 people in Germany. "Sztafa " is used by some 50 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Štafa, Anamarija Štafa, Marijan Štafa, Jagoda Štafa, Dagmar Štafa, Amalija Štafa, Vladimir Štafa, Franjo Štafa, Štefica Štafa, Milivoj Štafa, Jurica Štafa, Suzana Štafa, Dragica Štafa, Anka Štafa, Ankica Štafa, Antun Štafa, Boženka Štafa, Marija Štafa, Vlado Štafa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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