In Croatia, Sandali families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Sandali live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Jakovlje in Zapresic area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Zlatar (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sandali (including: Sandalli , Sandaly and Shandali ) is present in 29 countries worldwide.
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.