Surname Šijak in modern Croatia

Šijak families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Koprivnica area. In Pustakovec in Koprivnica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šijak.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Šijak live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (40), Zagreb (35), Ilok (15), Starigrad (<10), and in Zbjeg in Pleternica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Šijak (including: Sijak , Siejak , Sierak , Siyak , Siejack , Shiyak , Siewak , Silyak , Shiejak and Shieak ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Sijak " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Siejak " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 80 in France , and some 70 people in the United States. "Shiejak " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Šijak, Ivica Šijak, Jurica Šijak, Stiven Šijak, Dragutin Šijak, Ivan Šijak, Vesna Šijak, Karmena Šijak, Goran Šijak, Nada Šijak, Dario Šijak, Đurđa Šijak, Đurđica Šijak, Liljana Šijak, Sanja Šijak, Maksim Šijak, Helena Šijak, Tihomir Šijak, Filip Šijak

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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