Surname Šišić in modern Croatia

Šišić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , rarely Bosniaks (from middle Bosnia) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Middle Bosnia (Zavidovici area). In Osova in Middle Bosnia every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šišić.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Šišić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 40 other places, mostly in Davor in Nova Gradiska area (110), Zagreb (75), Dubrovnik (25), Slavonski Brod (20), and in Pula (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šišić (including: Sisic , Sisich and Sissick ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Sisic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 900 in the United States , and some 100 people in the Netherlands. "Sisich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sissick " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sonja Šišić, Sedžudin Šišić, Drago Šišić, Petar Šišić, Snježana Šišić, Ivan Šišić, Juraj Šišić, Tadija Šišić, Sanja Šišić, Marija Šišić, Nikolina Šišić, Neven Šišić, Miranda Šišić, Marijan Šišić, Sead Šišić, Kristina Šišić, Zvonimir Šišić, Patrick Šišić, Josip Šišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1571 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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