Surname Samarđić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Samarđić families are almost entirely Croats (from Valpovo ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar area and in Pleternica. In Kuzmica in Pleternica every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Samarđić.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Samarđić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Djeletovci in Vinkovci area (<10), Vukovar (<10), Pozega (<10), Valpovo (<10), and in Vinez (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Samarđić (including: Samardich , Samardjic , Samardic , Samardjich and Samardick ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Samardic " is used by few people in the United States. "Samardich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Samardjich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Samarđić, Ivica Samarđić, Ivan Samarđić, Anđelko Samarđić, Gordana Samarđić, Marko Samarđić, Višnja Samarđić, Dušan Samarđić, Zrinika Samarđić, Spomenka Samarđić, Franjo Samarđić, Igor Samarđić, Zdenko Samarđić, Nada Samarđić, Miroslav Samarđić, Jako Samarđić, Ljiljana Samarđić, Mira Samarđić, Željko Samarđić

Mentions in sources

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.

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