In Croatia, Sgomba families are generally Croats (from Opatija area ), rarely Slovenes (also from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Sgomba 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 only threee Croatian places: in Sapjane (<5) and Pasjak (<5) in Opatija area, and in Rovinj (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sgomba is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.