Silađi families are often Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica , less frequently Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Silađi live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Nasice (10), Cacinci in Orahovica area (10), Zagreb (<10), Sibenik (<10), and in Fericanci in Orahovica area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.