Surname Štefančić in modern Croatia

Štefančić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka. In Kršinci in Nasice area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Štefančić.

Prevalence

About 780 people with faimily name Štefančić live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 92 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Rijeka (50), Slavonski Brod (45), Sisak (30), and in Nasice (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Canada (3), Switzerland (2), Australia (2), and to the United States (2).
Family name Štefančić (including: Stefancic , Stefancich and Stephancic ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Stefancic " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Stefancich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Ljilja Štefančić, Sanja Štefančić, Klaudio Štefančić, Živko Štefančić, Mladen Štefančić, Milan Štefančić, Gordana Štefančić, Vladimir Štefančić, Leonard Štefančić, Jasminka Štefančić, Andrija Štefančić, Bernard Štefančić, Željko Štefančić, Damir Štefančić, Mario Štefančić, Ivanka Štefančić, Hrvoje Štefančić, Krunoslav Štefančić, Jadranka Štefančić

Mentions in sources

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

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