Surname Šilek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šilek families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šilek live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Severin (<5) and Slovinska Kovacica (<5) in Bjelovar area, and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šilek (including: Selek , Silek , Sellek , Sileci , Selekh , Shelek , Selec , Sileck , Schilek and Schieleck ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Silek " is used by some 100 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Schilek " is used by few people in the United States. "Sileck " is used by small number of people in Morocco and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Šilek, Darko Šilek, Ivica Šilek, Marina Šilek, Katarina Šilek, Ana Šilek, Valentina Šilek, Martina Šilek, Josip Šilek, Kata Šilek, Zlata Šilek

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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