In Croatia, Šantar families are Croats (from Imotsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Šantar live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only five naselja i to in Imotski (<10), Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<10), Donji Vinjani (<10), and in Jezera on the Island of Murter (<5).