Surname Šambar in modern Croatia

Šambar families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šambar live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Jerovec (35), Dubravec in Ivanec area (20), Ivanec (15), Varazdin (10), and in Koprivnica (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šambar (including: Sambar , Sambhar , Shambar , Shambhar and Shtambar ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Sambar " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 70 in Indonesia , and small number of people in Thailand. "Sambhar " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Karmica Šambar, Davor Šambar, Katarina Šambar, Danijel Šambar, Karmela Šambar, Melita Šambar, Željko Šambar, Marijan Šambar, Tomislav Šambar, Petra Šambar, Marija Šambar, Željka Šambar, Marjana Šambar, Snježana Šambar, Josip Šambar, Ivica Šambar, Danijela Šambar, Mateja Šambar, Matija Šambar

Mentions in sources

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.

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