Surname Štefko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Štefko families are generally Croats (from Prelog area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Vinkovci ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Štefko live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in two Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kotoriba in Prelog area (15), Cerna in Zupanja area (<10), Klokocevec Samoborski (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Podvrh (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Germany (1).
Family name Štefko (including: Stefko , Shtefko , Sztefko and Steffko ) is present in 20 countries on four continents. The family name "Stefko " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 600 in Poland , and some 500 people in Slovakia. "Steffko " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mijo Štefko, Andrijana Štefko, Jozef Štefko, Franjo Štefko, Damir Štefko, Krešimir Štefko, Valentina Štefko, Josip Štefko, Ružica Štefko, Anđela Štefko, Tomislav Štefko, Danijel Štefko, Marija Štefko, Ljubomir Štefko, Marica Štefko, Željko Štefko, Igor Štefko, Dajana Štefko, Katarina Štefko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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