Surname Salma in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Salma families are predominantly Croats (from Cakovec ), rarely Hungarians (from Kastav ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Salma live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Rijeka (<10), Cakovec (<10), Zadar (<5), Savska Ves (<5), and in Smrika (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Salma (including: Salmah , Szalma , Shalma , Salmaa , Salmma and Sallimah ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Szalma " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Eržebet Salma, Blaženka Salma, Maja Salma, Ivan Salma, Jožef Salma, Mihajlo Salma, Andraš Salma, Laura Salma, Ivanka Salma, Željko Salma, Goran Salma, Hajnal Salma, Martina Salma, Antun Salma, Tereza Salma, Katarina Salma, Antonija Salma, Teodora Salma, Salma Salma

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