Surname Široki in modern Croatia

Široki families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area , barely Czechs (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Široki live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (30), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (25), Koprivnica (20), and in Gola in Djurdjevac area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Široki (including: Siroki , Shiroky , Sirocki , Siroky , Shiroki , Szyroki , Shirokih , Shirokii , Sirokih and Sirokie ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Siroki " is used by some 500 people in Hungary , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Sirocki " is used by some 400 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Sirokie " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Široki, Neven Široki, Mladen Široki, Velimir Široki, Stjepan Široki, Manfred Široki, Esma Široki, Dijana Široki, Maja Široki, Melina Široki, Josip Široki, Zorka Široki, Gordanka Široki, Nikola Široki, Stevo Široki, Milena Široki, Danijel Široki, Anamari Široki, Ivica Široki

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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