Surname Šantl in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šantl families are almost entirely Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ), barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šantl live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 9 other places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Vratisinec in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), Lopatinec in Cakovec area (<5), and in Sveti Martin na Muri (<5) and Miklavec (<5) in Mursko Sredisce area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Šantl (including: Santl , Santhal , Schantl , Schanthal , Santhl , Shanthal , Santhol and Santhul ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Santl " is used by some 400 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia. "Schanthal " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Šantl, Vladimir Šantl, Jasenka Šantl, Irena Šantl, Marija Šantl, Franjo Šantl, Draženka Šantl, Renato Šantl, Tatjana Šantl, Denis Šantl, Marko Šantl, Rudi Šantl, Branimir Šantl, Marijan Šantl, Dejan Šantl, Majda Šantl, Zlatko Šantl, Đurđica Šantl, Zvonko Šantl

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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