Surname Salaić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Salaić families are generally Croats (from Belisce area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Belisce area and in Osijek. In Čamagajevci in Belisce area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Salaić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Salaić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Josipovac (<10), Karlovac (<10), Tovarnik in Ilok area (<10), and in Belisce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Salaić (including: Salaic , Shalaich ) is present in 6 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Salaić, Ivan Salaić, Zdenko Salaić, Neven Salaić, Tomislav Salaić, Ankica Salaić, Vlasta Salaić, Branka Salaić, Darko Salaić, Nada Salaić, Silvija Salaić, Tihomir Salaić, Branko Salaić, Terezija Salaić, Milena Salaić, Biserka Salaić, Gordan Salaić, Robert Salaić, Josip Salaić

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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