Surname Štefanić in modern Croatia

Štefanić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Draga Bašćanska on the Island of Krk every eighth inhabitant had the family name Štefanić.

Prevalence

About 650 people with faimily name Štefanić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 680 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Rijeka (60), Djurdjevac (40), Kaldir in Buzet area (25), and in Zutnica (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 35 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Canada (7), Australia (6), Germany (6), Sweden (3), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Štefanić (including: Stefanic , Stefanich , Stefanick , Stefanics , Stephanic , Stefanitsch , Steffanic , Stephanich , Stefaniec and Stefanici ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Stefanic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Romania , and some 200 people in Canada. "Stefanich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and some 60 people in Canada. "Stephanic " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Štefanić, Nedeljko Štefanić, Loreta Štefanić, Edita Štefanić, Karlo Štefanić, Mario Štefanić, Petar Štefanić, Tomislav Štefanić, Goran Štefanić, Darko Štefanić, Vinko Štefanić, Anđelka Štefanić, Damir Štefanić, Vlado Štefanić, Goranka Štefanić, Zoran Štefanić, Igor Štefanić, Alen Štefanić, Moris Štefanić

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories