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Surname Šilježar in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šilježar families are Croats (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Šilješki in Dubrovnik area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šilježar.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Šilježar live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Siljeski (<10), Srebreno (<5) and Mlini (<5) in Dubrovnik area, Dubrovnik (<5), and in Mokosica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šilježar (including: Siliezar , Siljezar ) is present in 14 countries worldwide.
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Characteristic first names
Pero Šilježar,
Marina Šilježar,
Jadranka Šilježar,
Đuro Šilježar,
Niko Šilježar,
Božena Šilježar,
Ivo Šilježar,
Pave Šilježar,
Ivka Šilježar,
Mara Šilježar,
Nikša Šilježar,
Ivan Šilježar,
Petar Šilježar,
Nikolina Šilježar,
Antun Šilježar