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Surname Samarđija in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Samarđija families are almost entirely Croats (from Bjelovar area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and Zagreb. In Kalinić in Pleternica every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Samarđija.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Samarđija live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Krizevci (10), Rovisce in Bjelovar area (<10), Tomas (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Pula (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Samarđija (including: Samardija , Samardjija and Samargjija ) is present in five countries on two continents.
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Characteristic first names
Saša Samarđija,
Nikola Samarđija,
Renata Samarđija,
Goran Samarđija,
Davor Samarđija,
Marina Samarđija,
Ivan Samarđija,
Barbara Samarđija,
Zvonko Samarđija,
Valent Samarđija,
Dijana Samarđija,
Marija Samarđija,
Lidija Samarđija,
Željko Samarđija,
Marijan Samarđija,
Đorđe Samarđija,
Stjepan Samarđija,
Darko Samarđija,
Senka Samarđija
