In Croatia, Samardjić families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Virovitica area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Samardjić live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only four Croatian places: in Zagreb (10), Lukac in Virovitica area (<5), Mirkovci (<5), and in Kosi in Rijeka area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.