Surname Sirar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sirar families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Kljuc area) and in Middle Bosnia (Vitez area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Sirar live in Croatia today, in three households only.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Pula (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sirar (including: Shirar , Sierar ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Sirar " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Shirar " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 50 in Kenya , and small number of people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Adem Sirar, Vesna Sirar, Spasenija Sirar, Vojislav Sirar, Zorka Sirar, Borislav Sirar, Biljana Sirar, Jovana Sirar, Ivana Sirar, Elvis Sirar, Rajko Sirar, Riste Sirar

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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