Surname Šah in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šah live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Novo Zvecevo in Pozega area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Pozega (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šah (including: Sah , Shah , Sathe , Saah , Schach , Sach , Sath , Schah , Sahh and Ssah ) is present in 177 countries worldwide. "Schach " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in France. "Sath " is used by some 3000 people in Cambodia , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany. "Sahh " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Šah, Ivan Šah, Danijel Šah, Eugenija Šah, Vladimir Šah, Ervin Šah, Miroslav Šah, Maja Šah, Rada Šah, Nenad Šah, Mirjana Šah, Dragana Šah, Laura Šah, Sofija Šah, Marko Šah, Korina Šah, Paola Šah, Josipa Šah, Slavica Šah

Mentions in sources

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

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