Surname Šahić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šahić families are predominantly Bosniaks (from Middle Bosnia ), very rarely Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area) and in Middle Bosnia (Breza area). In Sutješćica in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Šahić.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šahić live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Funtana in Rovinj area (15), Glina (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šahić (including: Sahic , Sathick , Sahich , Sathic and Shahic ) is present in 14 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Mujo Šahić, Slavojka Šahić, Zijad Šahić, Bajrama Šahić, Muhamed Šahić, Alma Šahić, Alen Šahić, Derviša Šahić, Elvir Šahić, Selvedin Šahić, Mirzeta Šahić, Arijana Šahić, Jadranka Šahić, Asim Šahić, Bisera Šahić, Senad Šahić, Belkisa Šahić, Armin Šahić, Irma Šahić

Mentions in sources

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

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