Surname Šiško in modern Croatia

Šiško families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In places Vinica and Zabrišće in Western Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šiško.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Šiško live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Split (55), Podstrana in Solin area (30), Makarska (30), and in Stobrec (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šiško (including: Sisko , Shishko , Sissako , Shisko , Sishko , Siesko , Schischko , Schitsko , Shishiko and Sissko ) is present in 100 countries worldwide. The family name "Sisko " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Turkey , and some 500 people in Indonesia. "Siesko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sissko " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Šiško, Darko Šiško, Marijan Šiško, Tomislav Šiško, Ivica Šiško, Marijana Šiško, Želimir Šiško, Ante Šiško, Ružica Šiško, Zvonimir Šiško, Stjepan Šiško, Mate Šiško, Dijana Šiško, Ivana Šiško, Damir Šiško, Marina Šiško, Marija Šiško, Brankica Šiško, Sani Šiško

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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