Šardi families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Šardi live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located and 21 other Croatian places, mostly in Cakovec (15), Mursko Sredisce (15), Mihovljan (15), Sveti Martin na Muri in Mursko Sredisce area (15), and in Kursanec (<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.