Surname Šašić in modern Croatia

Šašić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac area , whereas often Croats (from Nova Gradiska ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Zagreb. In Dnopolje in Obrovac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šašić.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Šašić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Donji Lapac in Obrovac area (25), Rijeka (15), Vukovar (10), and in Mirkovci (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šašić (including: Sasic , Sasich , Sassic , Shashic , Sasick and Sashich ) is present in 10 countries worldwide. The family name "Sasic " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Sasich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Saudi Arabia. "Sassic " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Šašić, Miroslav Šašić, Martina Šašić, Nevenka Šašić, Ana Šašić, Slobodan Šašić, Mladen Šašić, Darko Šašić, Mićo Šašić, Petar Šašić, Tajana Šašić, Štefica Šašić, Mirjana Šašić, Sandra Šašić, Irena Šašić, Stefan Šašić, Milorad Šašić, Magdalena Šašić, Aca Šašić

Mentions in sources

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

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