Surname Šuljić in modern Croatia

Šuljić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and on the Island of Pag.

Prevalence

About 240 people with faimily name Šuljić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Novalja on the Island of Pag (95), Rijeka (35), Zagreb (25), Zadar (20), and in Kolan on the Island of Pag (15).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), Germany (3), and to the United States (2).
Family name Šuljić (including: Suljic , Sulyic ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Suljic " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 200 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Šuljić, Irena Šuljić, Ivan Šuljić, Boris Šuljić, Dominik Šuljić, Mladen Šuljić, Vlasta Šuljić, Mario Šuljić, Duje Šuljić, Držislav Šuljić, Željka Šuljić, Ivica Šuljić, Goran Šuljić, Tomislav Šuljić, Edvin Šuljić, Petra Šuljić, Branko Šuljić, Elena Šuljić, Zvonimir Šuljić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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