Surname Samac in modern Croatia

Samac families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Drnis , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Zagreb. In Brištane in Drnis every eighth inhabitant had the family name Samac.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Samac live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Brestik (30), Split (25), Slavonski Brod (15), and in Bristane (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Austria (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Samac (including: Samaz , Samach and Shamaz ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Samac " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in the Philippines , and some 80 people in Colombia. "Samach " is used by some 100 people in Cambodia , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Samac, Branimir Samac, Petar Samac, Nikola Samac, Zdravko Samac, Davor Samac, Nino Samac, Stevan Samac, Aleksandar Samac, Krunoslav Samac, Sandro Samac, Goran Samac, Tomislav Samac, Miodrag Samac, Ljiljana Samac, Danijela Samac, Sanjica Samac, Branko Samac, Jela Samac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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