Surname Šormaz in modern Croatia

Šormaz families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb , but often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Osijek. In Kanjane in Drnis every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šormaz.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šormaz live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Bjelovar (<10), Drenovci in Zupanja area (<10), Split (<10), and in Solin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šormaz (including: Sormaz , Shormaz ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. The family name "Sormaz " is used by some 900 people in Turkey , about 200 in Austria , and some 70 people in the United States. "Shormaz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nada Šormaz, Robert Šormaz, Nives Šormaz, Milorad Šormaz, Zoran Šormaz, Natalija Šormaz, Tatjana Šormaz, Jovo Šormaz, Vlatka Šormaz, Marko Šormaz, Emina Šormaz, Ivan Šormaz, Gordan Šormaz, Anđelko Šormaz, Davor Šormaz, Slaven Šormaz, Miroslav Šormaz, Ivana Šormaz, Jela Šormaz

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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