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Surname Šamija in modern Croatia
Šamija families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Vitez area) and in Imotski area. In Kratine in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Šamija.
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Prevalence
About 300 people with faimily name Šamija live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Split (70), Lovrec in Imotski area (40), Dubrava (35), Zagreb (30), and in Knin (20).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šamija (including: Samija , Samieva , Samiya , Samiyah , Shamiya , Samijah , Shamija , Samiyya , Samiaa and Samiia ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. "Shamiya " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Austria.
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Characteristic first names
Ivana Šamija,
Krešimir Šamija,
Ivan Šamija,
Mirko Šamija,
Branimir Šamija,
Borko Šamija,
Suzana Šamija,
Nikola Šamija,
Sandra Šamija,
Vjekoslav Šamija,
Marijan Šamija,
Damir Šamija,
Dragan Šamija,
Jelena Šamija,
Tea Šamija,
Zoran Šamija,
Ružica Šamija,
Marinka Šamija,
Maja Šamija
