Surname Šijuk in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šijuk families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Sisak ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok area and in Vukovar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šijuk live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Gornji Hrastovac (<5) and Sunja (<5) in Hrvatska Kostajnica area, Orolik in Vinkovci area (<5), and in Donji Lapac in Obrovac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šijuk (including: Silyuk , Shilyuk , Sijuk , Shpilyuk , Shtiyuk , Shtilyuk , Shiyuk , Schyljuk , Shmilyuk and Sieruk ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Sieruk " is used by few people in the United States. "Schyljuk " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljuba Šijuk, Ana Šijuk, Ljubomir Šijuk, Dušanka Šijuk, Dušan Šijuk, Stoja Šijuk, Dragoljub Šijuk, Božica Šijuk, Anka Šijuk, Petar Šijuk, Smilja Šijuk, Milan Šijuk, Nikola Šijuk, Danica Šijuk, Mira Šijuk, Olenka Šijuk, Zdravko Šijuk, Dejan Šijuk, Zoran Šijuk

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