Surname Šilić in modern Croatia

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).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šilić (including: Silic , Silich , Shilich , Silici , Sillick , Silych , Silicz , Sillich , Schillick and Silichi ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Silic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Austria , and some 80 people in Australia. "Silicz " is used by small number of people in Argentina and small number of people in the United States. "Silici " is used by some 200 people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Đorđe Šilić, Ervin Šilić, Anita Šilić, Drago Šilić, Ljerka Šilić, Željka Šilić, Vjekoslav Šilić, Željko Šilić, Branko Šilić, Marin Šilić, Igor Šilić, Ružica Šilić, Tihana Šilić, Jela Šilić, Tatjana Šilić, Marija Šilić, Sabina Šilić, Serđo Šilić, Josip Šilić

Mentions in sources

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.

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