Surname Sili in modern Croatia

Sili families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Sili live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Osijek (15), Gornja Stubica in Donja Stubica area (10), Nasice (<10), and in Tenja (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sili (including: Shili , Silli , Silie , Szili , Silih , Sillie , Sieli , Sielli and Silhi ) is present in 120 countries worldwide. "Silhi " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sieli " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Szilli " is used by some 50 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Marijana Sili, Anita Sili, Robert Sili, Marko Sili, Dubravko Sili, Siniša Sili, Lidija Sili, Ana Sili, Ljiljana Sili, Miroslav Sili, Mario Sili, Ivica Sili, Nenad Sili, Mladen Sili, Ivan Sili, Marijan Sili, Biserka Sili, Zvjezdana Sili, Đurđica Sili

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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