Surname Šaško in modern Croatia

Šaško families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina area and in Vrbovec. In Brdo Jesenjsko in Krapina area every third inhabitant had the family name Šaško.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Šaško live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Brdo Jesenjsko in Krapina area (40), Zagreb (40), Varazdin (35), Koprivnica (30), and in Krizevci (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šaško (including: Sasko , Shashko , Sashko , Sasco , Sascheko , Shasko , Schaschko , Shlasko , Sashkoo and Sashiko ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Sasko " is used by some 700 people in Ukraine , about 600 in the United States , and some 400 people in Russian Federation. "Schaschko " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Shasko " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Štefanija Šaško, Ivan Šaško, Marijan Šaško, Velimir Šaško, Davor Šaško, Stjepan Šaško, Gordana Šaško, Milenko Šaško, Ljubomir Šaško, Sanja Šaško, Andrija Šaško, Dragica Šaško, Marija Šaško, Blaženka Šaško, Janko Šaško, Tomislav Šaško, Alen Šaško, Mišel Šaško, Damir Šaško

Mentions in sources

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

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