Surname Šaš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šaš families are generally Croats (from Klanjec area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Pregrada area ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šaš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Starigrad (<5), Zagorska Sela in Klanjec area (<5), Koprivnica (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šaš (including: Sas , Shash , Sass , Saas , Sahs , Sash , Shas , Sasz , Schasch and Szas ) is present in 152 countries worldwide. "Schasch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sass " is used by some 9000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 5000 people in South Africa. "Saas " is used by some 400 people in Turkmenistan , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Damir Šaš, Tomislav Šaš, Željko Šaš, Vjekoslav Šaš, Eduard Šaš, Radoslav Šaš, Ivan Šaš, Milica Šaš, Ljiljanka Šaš, Vlasta Šaš, Dragutin Šaš, Štefica Šaš, Viktor Šaš, Siniša Šaš, Robert Šaš, Srebrenka Šaš, Branko Šaš, Mirela Šaš, Nada Šaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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