Surname Šiltić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šiltić families are Croats (from Zlatar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šiltić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 7 other places, mostly in Podgorje Bistricko in Zlatar area (<10), Gornje Psarjevo (<10), Marija Bistrica in Zlatar area (<10), Sesvete (<5), and in Poljanica Bistricka in Zlatar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šiltić is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Drago Šiltić, Jasmina Šiltić, Danica Šiltić, Mladen Šiltić, Suzana Šiltić, Josip Šiltić, Božica Šiltić, Branko Šiltić, Vesna Šiltić, Alan Šiltić, Ivan Šiltić, Barbara Šiltić, Biserka Šiltić, Velimir Šiltić, Željko Šiltić, Mateja Šiltić, Ivka Šiltić, Jaga Šiltić, Elizabeta Šiltić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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