Surname Samsa in modern Croatia

Samsa families are Croats and they are mostly from Opatija area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Male Mune in Opatija area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Samsa.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Samsa live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Male Mune in Opatija area (25), Rijeka (15), Vrbovsko (<10), Viskovo in Rijeka area (<10), and in Marcenegla (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Samsa (including: Shamsa , Shamsha , Shamsah , Samsah , Samsha , Shamshah and Samssa ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Samsa " is used by some 5000 people in Turkey , about 900 in the United States , and some 500 people in Indonesia. "Samssa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Samsa, Damir Samsa, Milko Samsa, Vedran Samsa, Zlatko Samsa, Rozalija Samsa, Nada Samsa, Marina Samsa, Milena Samsa, Blaženka Samsa, Tomislav Samsa, Milivoj Samsa, Branislav Samsa, Anton Samsa, Mario Samsa, Denis Samsa, Zoran Samsa, Martina Samsa, Vesna Samsa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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