Surname Šiler in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šiler families are generally Croats (from Krizevci ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and in Nasice area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šiler live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Karlovac (<10), Krizevci (<5), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<5), and in Carevdar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šiler (including: Siler , Siller , Sieler , Schieler , Shiler , Schiler , Sihler , Shieler , Sziler and Sthiler ) is present in 120 countries worldwide. The family name "Siler " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 800 in Turkey , and some 500 people in Czech Republic. "Schiler " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 70 in Brazil , and small number of people in the United States. "Sieler " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 700 in the United States , and some 80 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Margita Šiler, Mirjana Šiler, Alen Šiler, Neven Šiler, Ana Šiler, Ivana Šiler, Mladen Šiler, Stjepan Šiler, Ivanka Šiler, Vinko Šiler, Slavica Šiler, Svetislav Šiler, Borena Šiler, Josip Šiler, Đuro Šiler, Ivan Šiler, Regina Šiler, Štefanija Šiler, Marija Šiler

Mentions in sources

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

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