Surname Štefan in modern Croatia

Štefan families are Croats and they are mostly from Pregrada area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Kumrovec in Pregrada area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Štefan.

Prevalence

About 560 people with faimily name Štefan live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 52 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Rijeka (90), Donje Makojisce (25), Karlovac (20), and in Varazdin (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Australia (2), the United Kingdom (1), Sweden (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Štefan (including: Stefan , Stephan , Shtefan , Steffan , Steffann , Steefan , Stefaan , Stteefan , Stefhan and Shtephan ) is present in 125 countries worldwide. The family name "Stefan " is used by some 200000 people in Romania , about 50000 in Germany , and some 10000 people in the United States. "Stephan " is used by some 60000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in France. "Steffan " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 800 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Štefan, Željka Štefan, Josip Štefan, Željko Štefan, Damir Štefan, Zlatko Štefan, Stjepan Štefan, Irena Štefan, Darko Štefan, Marko Štefan, Franjo Štefan, Mirko Štefan, Marino Štefan, Marijana Štefan, Gordana Štefan, Boris Štefan, Ivan Štefan, Julka Štefan, Vanja Štefan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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