Surname Samardžić in modern Croatia

Samardžić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Sinj area, rarely Serbs, and Bosniaks (Cazinska Krajina, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area). In Pjanići in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Samardžić.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Samardžić live in Croatia today, in 710 households. There were 710 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 148 other places, mostly in Zagreb (245), Split (140), Otok in Sinj area (120), Rijeka (90), and in Slavonski Brod (90).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), the United States (5), Germany (5), Austria (4), Canada (3), Switzerland (1), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Samardžić (including: Samardzic , Samardzich , Samardich , Samardzhich , Samardick , Samardjic and Samardic ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Samardzic " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in Canada. "Samardzich " is used by some 60 people in Peru , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Samardic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Senka Samardžić, Ivan Samardžić, Draženko Samardžić, Zvijezdana Samardžić, Renato Samardžić, Marija Samardžić, Željko Samardžić, Marinko Samardžić, Pejo Samardžić, Ante Samardžić, Mirjana Samardžić, Tatjana Samardžić, Mladen Samardžić, Nedeljko Samardžić, Milan Samardžić, Aleksandar Samardžić, Jasmina Samardžić, Jurica Samardžić, Kristina Samardžić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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