Surname Šaulić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šaulić families are Serbs by relative majority (from Vinkovci area ), less frequently Croats (from Osijek ), and very rarely Roms (from Cakovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Slatina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šaulić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Gabos in Vinkovci area (<10), Slatina (<5), Pribislavec (<5), and in Trnjani in Slavonski Brod area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (1).
Family name Šaulić (including: Saulich , Saulic , Saulick , Shaulich and Saulicz ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Saulic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Šaulić, Zoran Šaulić, Aleksandar Šaulić, Sandra Šaulić, Marina Šaulić, Jelena Šaulić, Mirjana Šaulić, Vladimir Šaulić, Miroslav Šaulić, Šaban Šaulić, Anica Šaulić, Milorad Šaulić, Mladen Šaulić, Ljiljana Šaulić, Mijo Šaulić, Milan Šaulić, Tihomir Šaulić, Ilija Šaulić, Ljubomir Šaulić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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