Surname Šilac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šilac families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šilac live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Djakovo (<10), Cepin in Osijek area (<5), Tenja (<5), Prelog (<5), and in Bracevci in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šilac (including: Silac , Silach , Silacci , Shelach , Scilacci , Sillac , Silaz , Selac , Silacz and Sielach ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Silac " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Silacci " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 50 in Switzerland , and small number of people in Argentina. "Scilacci " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Sanda Šilac, Marjana Šilac, Marija Šilac, Mihael Šilac, Zdenka Šilac, Zlatko Šilac, Stjepan Šilac, Kata Šilac, Katica Šilac, Ksenija Šilac, Dražen Šilac, Slavica Šilac, Jerko Šilac, Josip Šilac, Miroslav Šilac, Lidija Šilac, Domagoj Šilac, Ana Šilac, Ivka Šilac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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