In Croatia, Szanto families are Hungarians (from Koprivnica area ).
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Szanto live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5) and Legrad in Koprivnica area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.