In Croatia, Šember families are Croats (from Jastrebarsko ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Jastrebarsko. In Pavlovčani in Jastrebarsko every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šember.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šember live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Pavlovcani (15), Jastrebarsko (<10), Zagreb (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).