In Croatia, Šindra families are Bosniaks (from Podrinje (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Podrinje, Bosnia (Gorazde area). In Ćatovići in Podrinje (Bosnia) every second inhabitant had the family name Šindra.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Šindra live in Croatia today, in two households only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<10).