Surname Šiljan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šiljan families are Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šiljan live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Pula (<10) and Krsan in Labin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šiljan (including: Siljan , Silian , Shilian , Silyan , Schilian , Sillian , Shillian , Shilyan , Shiljan and Schillian ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Silyan " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Turkey , and small number of people in the United States. "Shilyan " is used by few people in the United States. "Shilian " is used by some 100 people in Israel , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Iran.

Characteristic first names

David Šiljan, Gordana Šiljan, Ive Šiljan, Loreta Šiljan, Franko Šiljan, Manuela Šiljan, Luka Šiljan, Romano Šiljan, Matteo Šiljan, Roberta Šiljan, Ada Šiljan, Ana Šiljan, Ivan Šiljan, Ivana Šiljan, Ivanka Šiljan, Josip Šiljan, Karlo Šiljan, Kata Šiljan, Katica Šiljan

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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