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.
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).
