Surname Šačir in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šačir families are Croats (from Koprivnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šačir live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Varazdin (<5) and Starigrad (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šačir (including: Sachir , Sacir , Sacier , Schachair and Shachir ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. "Schachair " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ksenia Šačir, Robert Šačir, Anđelka Šačir, Zvezdan Šačir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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