Surname Štajcar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Štajcar families are generally Croats (from Petrinja ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Slovenes (from Bakar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Petrinja.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Štajcar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Petrinja (20), Varazdin (<10), Sisak (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Marinbrod (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štajcar (including: Stajcar , Staicar ) is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Stajcar " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Staicar " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kruno Štajcar, Damir Štajcar, Krešo Štajcar, Vladimir Štajcar, Marijan Štajcar, Anita Štajcar, Blanka Štajcar, Željko Štajcar, Marija Štajcar, Jasna Štajcar, Dalibor Štajcar, Nada Štajcar, Dario Štajcar, Gordana Štajcar, Josip Štajcar, Đurđa Štajcar, Ivan Štajcar, Višnja Štajcar, Milka Štajcar

Mentions in sources

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

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