In Croatia, Šindik families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (also from Imotski area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Herzegovina (Mostar area).
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Šindik live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only five naselja i to in Kamenmost in Imotski area (10), Split (<10), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), and in Imotski (<5).
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.