Surname Schindler in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Schindler families are generally Croats (from Zapresic area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Schindler live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (<5), Marija Gorica in Zapresic area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Omis (<5), and in Garesnica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Schindler (including: Schiendler , Schyndler ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Schindler " is used by some 30000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Austria. "Schiendler " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Schyndler " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Schindler, Ksenija Schindler, Miljenko Schindler, Aleksandra Schindler, Ivana Schindler, Rene Schindler, Alfred Schindler, Ivan Schindler, Arnold Schindler, Irena Schindler, Romeo Schindler, Antonija Schindler, Stjepan Schindler, Walter Schindler, Paula Schindler, Franciska Schindler, Kata Schindler, Arman Schindler, Ljiljana Schindler

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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