Šilić families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Konjic area) and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Šilić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Split (20), Pula (15), Pazin (<10), and in Metkovic (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.