Surname Šalov in modern Croatia

Šalov families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split. In places Gustirna and Dograde in Trogir area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Šalov.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Šalov live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Split (70), Dograde in Trogir area (45), Nin (40), and in Marina (35) and Gustirna (30) in Trogir area.

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the Netherlands (2), the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Šalov (including: Salov , Shalov , Schalow , Salow , Shvalov , Shkalov , Salhov , Shpalov , Shalow and Sallov ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Shalov " is used by some 400 people in Russian Federation , about 400 in Kazakhstan , and small number of people in the United States. "Schalow " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 700 in Germany , and some 100 people in Japan. "Salow " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 60 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Teodora Šalov, Jakov Šalov, Nadica Šalov, Darija Šalov, Marko Šalov, Zoran Šalov, Branko Šalov, Eugen Šalov, Denis Šalov, Daniela Šalov, Zvonko Šalov, Ivana Šalov, Tomislav Šalov, Jozo Šalov, Marin Šalov, Davorka Šalov, Nedjeljka Šalov, Silva Šalov, Lucija Šalov

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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