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Surname Samaržija in modern Croatia
Samaržija families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Senj and Zagreb. In places Krasno Polje and Biljevine in Senj every ninth inhabitant had the family name Samaržija.
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Prevalence
About 670 people with faimily name Samaržija live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 470 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Krasno Polje (115), Rijeka (60), Senj (40), and in Novalja on the Island of Pag (35).
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Outside Croatia
At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), the United States (4), France (4), Sweden (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Samaržija (including: Samarzija , Samarziya ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Samarzija " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Samarziya " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Miroslav Samaržija,
Josip Samaržija,
Božica Samaržija,
Branko Samaržija,
Ita Samaržija,
Dubravka Samaržija,
Ante Samaržija,
Vlatka Samaržija,
Draženko Samaržija,
Ivan Samaržija,
Milan Samaržija,
Tamara Samaržija,
Željko Samaržija,
Blaženka Samaržija,
Davor Samaržija,
Anela Samaržija,
Igor Samaržija,
Toni Samaržija,
Stipan Samaržija
