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Surname Šandor in modern Croatia
Šandor families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Glina area , rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Zagreb. In Roženica in Glina area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Šandor.
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Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Šandor live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), in Rozenica (35) and Opatija (25) in Glina area, Djurdjevac (20), and in Stupno (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šandor (including: Sandor , Shandor , Schandor , Sándor , Sandoor , Shvandor and Szandor ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Sandor " is used by some 40000 people in Hungary , about 30000 in Romania , and some 10000 people in the United States. "Shandor " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Ukraine , and some 100 people in Russian Federation.
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Characteristic first names
Ksenija Šandor,
Branko Šandor,
Marijan Šandor,
Zlatko Šandor,
Ivica Šandor,
Danijela Šandor,
Marinko Šandor,
Bruno Šandor,
Stjepan Šandor,
Siniša Šandor,
Ljiljana Šandor,
Josip Šandor,
Mirjana Šandor,
Miroslav Šandor,
Tin Šandor,
Nenad Šandor,
Željko Šandor,
Danijel Šandor,
Marijo Šandor
