Surname Šilje in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šilje families are almost entirely Croats (from Dubrovnik ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Gospic. U Gradu Dubrovniku every nine-hundredth inhabitant had the family name Šilje.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šilje live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 6 other places, mostly in Dubrovnik (15), Donje Obuljeno (15), Mokosica (<10), Nova Mokosica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šilje (including: Silie , Silje , Sillie , Selje , Siljee , Silye , Schillie , Sillje , Sielje and Sielye ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Silye " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Schillie " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sielye " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Roman Šilje, Katarina Šilje, Marin Šilje, Janko Šilje, Milan Šilje, Kristo Šilje, Ivo Šilje, Valentina Šilje, Lući Šilje, Barbara Šilje, Dubravka Šilje, Marijo Šilje, Marija Šilje, Zlatko Šilje, Željan Šilje, Nike Šilje, Marko Šilje, Ljubica Šilje, Miro Šilje

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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