Surname Šamu in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šamu families are generally Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Zupanja area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Srijem, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šamu live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 130 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Turnasica in Djurdjevac area (<10), Grubisno Polje (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šamu (including: Samu , Shamu , Shyamu , Sammu , Schamu , Samhu , Samue , Saamu , Samuh and Sahmu ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. "Schamu " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Samue " is used by few people in Indonesia and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mata Šamu, Dejan Šamu, Nikolina Šamu, Jožef Šamu, Karlo Šamu, Sandra Šamu, Jože Šamu, Danijel Šamu, Dubravko Šamu, Ankica Šamu, Nataša Šamu, Janoš Šamu, Petar Šamu, Antun Šamu, Mladen Šamu, Željko Šamu, Jasminka Šamu, Miroslav Šamu, Ivica Šamu

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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