Surname Sirola in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sirola families are predominantly Croats (from Rijeka area ), rarely Roms (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Sirola live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Rijeka (<10) and Zastenice in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sirola (including: Sirolla , Shirolla , Sirrolla , Shirola , Siirola , Sirollah and Sirrola ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Sirola " is used by some 400 people in Finland , about 200 in the United States , and some 80 people in Italy. "Shirola " is used by small number of people in Panama and small number of people in the United States. "Siirola " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Danica Sirola, Ferenc Sirola, Šermina Sirola, Venceslava Sirola, Nadia Sirola, Rozalija Sirola, Ivan Sirola, Leontina Sirola, Natalia Sirola, Andrea Sirola, Branko Sirola, Elena Sirola, Eufemija Sirola, Luigia Sirola, Marija Sirola, Miranka Sirola, Nada Sirola, Rosalia Sirola, Valter Sirola

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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