In Croatia, Ham families are predominantly Croats (from Umag ), rarely Germans (from Osijek ), and very rarely Hungarians (from Garesnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Daruvar area. In Blagorodovac in Daruvar area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Ham.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Ham live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Visnjevac (<5), Garesnica (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Zupanja (<5).