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).
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.