Surname Sambol in modern Croatia

Sambol families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area and according to some sources from village Vrbno near Bednja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Muričevec in Lepoglava every fifth inhabitant had the family name Sambol.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Sambol live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (35), Koprivnica (25), Muricevec (25), and in Globocec in Zlatar area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Sambol is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Sambol " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 60 in Israel , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Darko Sambol, Zoran Sambol, Damir Sambol, Mijo Sambol, Renata Sambol, Dubravko Sambol, Nenad Sambol, Andreja Sambol, Ksenija Sambol, Mišel Sambol, Štefek Sambol, Davor Sambol, Silvana Sambol, Jelena Sambol, Krešo Sambol, Zdravko Sambol, Goran Sambol, Hrvoje Sambol, Tomislav Sambol

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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