Surname Šalić in modern Croatia

Šalić families are Croats and they are mostly from Banja Luka area , Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Lika. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area). In Dragočaj in Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šalić.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Šalić live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 85 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Petrinja (45), Rijeka (35), Osijek (35), and in Sisak (25).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), France (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Šalić (including: Salic , Salich , Salick , Salichs , Sallic , Sallick , Saliche , Salici , Shalic and Shalich ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Salick " is used by some 200 people in Trinidad and Tobago , about 200 in South Africa , and some 200 people in the United States. "Salichs " is used by some 200 people in Spain , about 200 in Puerto Rico , and some 80 people in the United States. "Sallick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Trinidad and Tobago.

Characteristic first names

Dario Šalić, Darinko Šalić, Nada Šalić, Ankica Šalić, Ivan Šalić, Vladimir Šalić, Marinko Šalić, Marija Šalić, Ivona Šalić, Ivica Šalić, Željko Šalić, Ljiljana Šalić, Tihomir Šalić, Mirjana Šalić, Josip Šalić, Denis Šalić, Živka Šalić, Marko Šalić, Jerko Šalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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