Surname Šalin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šalin families are Croats (from Orahovica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pozega.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šalin live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 5 other places, mostly in Sesvete (<5), Vugrovec Gornji (<5), Hrnjevac in Orahovica area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Goranec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šalin (including: Salin , Shalin , Schalin , Sahlin , Salhin , Sallin , Salien , Saliin , Sthalin and Shalien ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. "Salien " is used by some 300 people in Belgium , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States. "Sahlin " is used by some 3000 people in Sweden , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany. "Saliin " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Šalin, Silvija Šalin, Danica Šalin, Ivan Šalin, Stjepan Šalin, Zoran Šalin, Ivana Šalin, Danijel Šalin, Dražen Šalin, Franjo Šalin, Željko Šalin, Nada Šalin, Đurđica Šalin, Siniša Šalin, Dario Šalin, Bara Šalin, Branko Šalin, Dragica Šalin, Zdenka Šalin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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