Surname Šteger in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šteger families are Croats (from Slatina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Slatina area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šteger live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in one city and 6 other places, mostly in Veliki Rastovac in Slatina area (<10), Duga Medja in Orahovica area (<5), Bilje in Osijek area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Zdenci in Orahovica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šteger (including: Steger , Stöger , Steeger , Stegherr , Stegger , Stegher , Shteger and Stäger ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Steger " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Austria. "Stegger " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 90 in Denmark , and small number of people in the United States. "Stegherr " is used by some 400 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šteger, Zoran Šteger, Petar Šteger, Draženka Šteger, Katica Šteger, Željko Šteger, Josip Šteger, Darinka Šteger, Kata Šteger, Ana Šteger, Štefica Šteger, Ivona Šteger, Sara Šteger, Dominik Šteger, Barbara Šteger, Domagoj Šteger, Krešo Šteger, Mateo Šteger, Marija Šteger

Mentions in sources

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

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