Surname Spiller in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Spiller families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Spiller live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Kupinecki Kraljevec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Spiller (including: Speller , Shpiller and Spieller ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. The family name "Spiller " is used by some 9000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 2000 people in Brazil. "Spieller " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Speller " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 900 in Great Britain , and some 400 people in Ethiopia.

Characteristic first names

Felix Spiller, Ljerko Spiller, Ivo Spiller, Bernard Spiller, Agneza Spiller, Marija Spiller, Gernot Spiller, Josip Spiller, Josipa Spiller, Karolina Spiller, Margite Spiller, Silvano Spiller

Mentions in sources

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

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