Surname Šango in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Šango live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Privlaka in Zadar area (110), Zadar (60), Zagreb (15), Rijeka (<10), and in Pozega (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šango (including: Sango , Shango , Sangho , Sanggo , Sangoo , Shtango , Shangoo , Shangho , Sanggoh and Sangoh ) is present in 85 countries worldwide. "Shango " is used by some 3000 people in Tanzania , about 200 in Kenya , and some 100 people in the United States. "Shangho " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vatroslav Šango, Tanja Šango, Mario Šango, Ante Šango, Silvija Šango, Ivanka Šango, Ivica Šango, Ines Šango, Darinka Šango, Anka Šango, Silvana Šango, Marcello Šango, Željko Šango, Roko Šango, Blanka Šango, Martina Šango, Petra Šango, Denis Šango, Marin Šango

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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