Surname Zilli in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zilli families are predominantly Italians (from Pakrac ), rarely Croats (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Rovinj.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Zilli live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Rovinj (<10), Pakrac (<5), and in Plostine (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zilli (including: Zelli , Zilly , Zellie , Zelly , Zillie , Zielli and Zhilli ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. "Zillie " is used by few people in Burkina Faso , few people in Canada , and few people in the United States. "Zilly " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 500 in Cameroon , and some 200 people in the United States. "Zellie " is used by some 80 people in South Africa and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Silvano Zilli, Mirjana Zilli, Snježana Zilli, Andreas Zilli, Erbi Zilli, Alma Zilli, Maurizio Zilli, Mira Zilli, Entoni Zilli, David Zilli, Ivan Zilli, Rosina Zilli, Marta Zilli, Regina Zilli, Katarina Zilli, Zdenka Zilli, Antun Zilli, Željko Zilli, Sara Zilli

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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