In Croatia, Šavle families are Croats (from Novigrad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Šavle live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Rijeka (<10) and Rojci in Novigrad area (<5).