Surname Šašak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šašak families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Ozalj area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šašak live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5) and Kamanje in Ozalj area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šašak (including: Sasak , Sassak , Shashak , Shashack , Sassack , Saschak , Sasack , Sasák and Shashach ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Sasak " is used by some 2000 people in Poland , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Indonesia. "Shashak " is used by few people in Russian Federation , few people in Tajikistan , and few people in the United States. "Shashack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Šašak, Barica Šašak, Milan Šašak, Anka Šašak, Ivan Šašak, Nikola Šašak, Sofija Šašak, Dora Šašak, Janko Šašak, Joso Šašak, Marko Šašak, Nada Šašak, Pera Šašak, Tomo Šašak, Veronika Šašak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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