In Croatia, Szilagyi families are generally Croats (from Virovitica area ), rarely Hungarians (also from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica area and in Virovitica.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Szilagyi live in Croatia today, in three households only. They are only located in four Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Novi Gradac in Virovitica area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), Makarska (<5), and in Nasice (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.