Surname Šašo in modern Croatia

Šašo families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Glina , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In places Bišćanovo and Gornji Selkovac in Glina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šašo.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Šašo live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Glina (10), Sisak (<10), Petrovec in Petrinja area (<10), and in Topolovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šašo (including: Saso , Sasso , Shasho , Shashko , Sashko , Sasho , Shashlo , Schaschko and Sashoo ) is present in 100 countries worldwide. "Shasho " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Mexico , and some 90 people in Israel. "Sasso " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 7000 in Brazil , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Shashlo " is used by some 60 people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miljenko Šašo, Marina Šašo, Ranko Šašo, Jasmina Šašo, Željko Šašo, Vedran Šašo, Mara Šašo, Mirica Šašo, Danica Šašo, Vesna Šašo, Saša Šašo, Mato Šašo, Ivka Šašo, Mirjana Šašo, Nada Šašo, Radomir Šašo, Jurica Šašo, Marinka Šašo, Danijela Šašo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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