Surname Šiljak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šiljak families are predominantly Croats (from Ozalj area ), rarely Serbs, and very rarely Bosniaks (from Velika Gorica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ozalj area. In Cernik in Ozalj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šiljak.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šiljak live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Cernik in Ozalj area (<10), Obrovnica (<10), Pula (<5), and in Vinkovci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šiljak (including: Siljak , Seljak , Shmilyak , Shilyak , Schitlyak , Silyak , Siljac , Shpilyak , Schiglyak and Siliack ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Siljak " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Seljak " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number in the United States. "Siliac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Šiljak, Ljiljana Šiljak, Vojislav Šiljak, Zdenko Šiljak, Vanja Šiljak, Lea Šiljak, Julijana Šiljak, Saša Šiljak, Vera Šiljak, Mirsada Šiljak, Mirsad Šiljak, Gordana Šiljak, Dejan Šiljak, Đurđica Šiljak, Boris Šiljak, Momčilo Šiljak, Mirjana Šiljak, Marko Šiljak, Neven Šiljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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