Surname Žile in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žile families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Peljesac Peninsula and in Dubrovnik. In Česvinica on Peljesac Peninsula every ninth inhabitant had the family name Žile.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Žile live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Ston (15) and Cesvinica (10) on the Peljesac peninsula, Dubrovnik (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žile (including: Zile , Zele , Zelle , Zille , Zihle , Zhile , Ziele , Zillie , Zyle and Zsille ) is present in 66 countries worldwide. "Zhile " is used by few people in the United States. "Ziele " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zillie " is used by few people in Burkina Faso , few people in Canada , and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alberto Žile, Ivica Žile, Dubravko Žile, Jele Žile, Gordana Žile, Franica Žile, Ivan Žile, Mato Žile, Nikša Žile, Katina Žile, Željana Žile, Romana Žile, Mladen Žile, Ivo Žile, Marko Žile, Nedjeljko Žile, Neđelka Žile, Nikola Žile, Marija Žile

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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