Surname Šašek in modern Croatia

Šašek families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šašek live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Karlovac (<10), Belisce (<10), Lunjkovec in Ludbreg area (<10), and in Mali Erjavec (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (4) and Canada (1).
Family name Šašek (including: Sasek , Shashek , Schascheck , Sashek , Schaschek , Shasek , Sasekh and Shasekh ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Sasek " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Germany. "Shashek " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States. "Schascheck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Šašek, Dubravko Šašek, Zdravko Šašek, Tomislav Šašek, Marijan Šašek, Dragica Šašek, Miloš Šašek, Marko Šašek, Mladen Šašek, Vesna Šašek, Matko Šašek, Kristina Šašek, Mario Šašek, Višnja Šašek, Hrvoje Šašek, Dragan Šašek, Stjepan Šašek, Dragutin Šašek, Ivan Šašek

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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