Surname Štefanac in modern Croatia

Štefanac families are Croats and they are mostly from Grabovac in Slunj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj and Karlovac. In places Luke , Đurin Potok and Selište Drežničko in Slunj area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Štefanac.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Štefanac live in Croatia today, in 620 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 151 other places, mostly in Zagreb (245), Karlovac (145), Slunj (85), Vrbovsko (60), and in Banjsko Selo in Duga Resa area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (9), Australia (5), Austria (4), the United States (3), Canada (1), Sweden (1), and to Norway (1).
Family name Štefanac (including: Stefanac , Stefanacci and Stefanatz ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Stefanac " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Australia , and some 90 people in Canada. "Stefanacci " is used by some 300 people in Italy , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in France. "Stefanatz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Iva Štefanac, Milena Štefanac, Robert Štefanac, Milan Štefanac, Marijan Štefanac, Jakša Štefanac, Zdravko Štefanac, Alen Štefanac, Renata Štefanac, Krešo Štefanac, Slavko Štefanac, Sonja Štefanac, Zoran Štefanac, Gordana Štefanac, Lara Štefanac, Silvio Štefanac, Mirjana Štefanac, Antun Štefanac, Ivan Štefanac

Mentions in sources

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

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