Surname Šamanić in modern Croatia

Šamanić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Novi Vinodolski. In Garica on the Island of Krk every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šamanić.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Šamanić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Krk on the Island of Krk (25), Crikvenica (10), Kras on the Island of Krk (10), and in Novi Vinodolski (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (28), Austria (1), Argentina (1), Germany (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Šamanić (including: Samanic , Samanich , Shamanic , Shamanych and Shamanich ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Samanic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Samanich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Shamanic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Šamanić, Davor Šamanić, Sandra Šamanić, Anton Šamanić, Franjo Šamanić, Ivica Šamanić, Saša Šamanić, Vesna Šamanić, Silvano Šamanić, Zlatko Šamanić, Marino Šamanić, Zoran Šamanić, Biserka Šamanić, Jasmina Šamanić, Matija Šamanić, Petrica Šamanić, Isidora Šamanić, Nataša Šamanić, Jagoda Šamanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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