Surname Samara in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Samara families are Bosniaks by relative majority (from Dugo Selo area ), equally Croats (from Zagreb ).

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Samara live in Croatia today, in one household only.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Sesvete (<5) and Sop in Dugo Selo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Samara (including: Shamara , Samarah , Czamara , Samarra , Sammarra , Shamarra , Sammara , Samaara and Saamara ) is present in 104 countries worldwide. "Czamara " is used by some 700 people in Poland and about 100 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Fawzi Samara, Ankica Samara, Marwan Samara, Samer Samara, Mariam Samara, Dominik Samara, Sanela Samara, Wasila Samara, Ante Samara, Ivan Samara, Jelica Samara, Kate Samara, Mare Samara, Marija Samara, Marta Samara, Mihovil Samara, Paolo Samara, Pavle Samara, Tome Samara

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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