Surname Šilhan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šilhan live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Tekic in Pozega area (15), Pozega (<10), Zagreb (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Trnjani in Slavonski Brod area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šilhan (including: Silhan , Schilhan , Shilhan , Schillhahn , Selchan , Selhan , Silthan and Sielhan ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Silhan " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Shilhan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sielhan " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renata Šilhan, Ivan Šilhan, Goran Šilhan, Stjepan Šilhan, Ana Šilhan, Željko Šilhan, Zora Šilhan, Stevo Šilhan, Vilko Šilhan, Dubravka Šilhan, Katica Šilhan, Slavko Šilhan, Snježana Šilhan, Miroslava Šilhan, Zdenko Šilhan, Ivanka Šilhan, Dražen Šilhan, Davor Šilhan, Verica Šilhan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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