Surname Samida in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Samida families are Croats by relative majority (from Bakr area ), equally Serbs.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Samida live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Rijeka (<5), Kostrena in Bakr area (<5), and in Cernik in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Samida (including: Samidah , Shamida , Samidha and Sammida ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Samida " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Libya. "Shamida " is used by few people in Tanzania and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dolores Samida, Anica Samida, Gaetana Samida, Mirjana Samida, Stjepan Samida

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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