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Surname Šamadan in modern Croatia
Šamadan families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In Koprivno in Solin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Šamadan.
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Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Šamadan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (45), Koprivno in Solin area (25), Kastel Kambelovac (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Vinogradci (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šamadan (including: Samadan , Samadhan , Schamadan , Sahmadan and Shamadan ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. "Schamadan " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Branka Šamadan,
Marija Šamadan,
Smiljana Šamadan,
Pera Šamadan,
Mihael Šamadan,
Nikša Šamadan,
Ivica Šamadan,
Anđelka Šamadan,
Ivan Šamadan,
Davor Šamadan,
Teo Šamadan,
Marko Šamadan,
Tonka Šamadan,
Maja Šamadan,
Ante Šamadan,
Jure Šamadan,
Anita Šamadan,
Petar Šamadan,
Marina Šamadan