Surname Šajatović in modern Croatia

Šajatović families are often Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica. In Jezernice in Ozalj area every second inhabitant had the family name Šajatović.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Šajatović live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Karlovac (20), Virovitica (15), Sesvete (15), and in Koprivnica (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (3), Australia (2), Austria (1), and to France (1).
Family name Šajatović (including: Sajatovic , Sajatovich , Sayatovich , Sayatovic , Shayatovich and Schajatovic ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Sajatovic " is used by some 70 people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Schajatovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sayatovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miodrag Šajatović, Ivona Šajatović, Nikola Šajatović, Željko Šajatović, Juraj Šajatović, Damir Šajatović, Milan Šajatović, Veljko Šajatović, Krešimir Šajatović, Danijel Šajatović, Siniša Šajatović, Dario Šajatović, Danica Šajatović, Rajko Šajatović, Lidija Šajatović, Ninoslav Šajatović, Mario Šajatović, Sanja Šajatović, Martina Šajatović

Mentions in sources

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

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