Surname Silov in modern Croatia

Silov families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Sibenik. In Rupe in Skradin every ninth inhabitant had the family name Silov.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Silov live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Rupe (45), Sibenik (40), Zagreb (35), Rijeka (30), and in Viskovci in Djakovo area (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Silov (including: Shilov , Silow , Shylov , Selov , Sylov , Sillov , Sillow , Shiilov and Sielow ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Silow " is used by some 200 people in Indonesia , about 100 in Sweden , and some 90 people in the United States. "Shelov " is used by some 70 people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States. "Shilow " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Mile Silov, Bernarda Silov, Davor Silov, Milenko Silov, Ivan Silov, Dalibor Silov, Damir Silov, Rosana Silov, Anđelka Silov, Mira Silov, Ruben Silov, Marijan Silov, Josip Silov, Lidija Silov, Ksenija Silov, Kata Silov, Marijana Silov, Željko Silov, Neven Silov

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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