In Croatia, Samohod families are Croats (from Vodice ), barely Hungarians (also from Vodice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice and Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Samohod live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Vodice (35), Split (10), Sibenik (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Tribunj (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Samohod is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Samohod " is used by some 90 people in Peru and small number in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.