In Croatia, Šaša families are mainly Croats (from Glina area ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Šaša live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Koska in Nasice area (<10), and in Slakovci in Vinkovci area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.