Surname Samobor in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Samobor families are Croats (from Varazdinske Toplice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Varazdinske Toplice. U Gradu Varaždinskim Toplicama every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Samobor.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Samobor live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Varazdin (<10), Varazdinske Toplice (<10), Zagreb (<5), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<5), and in Krizevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Samobor is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Samobor, Josip Samobor, Martin Samobor, Nikša Samobor, Borislav Samobor, Tomislav Samobor, Dragutin Samobor, Snježana Samobor, Božena Samobor, Vesna Samobor, Miroslav Samobor, Goran Samobor, Ana Samobor, Nikolina Samobor, Vladimir Samobor, Gjurgjica Samobor, Magdalena Samobor, Ivana Samobor, Mirjana Samobor

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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