In Croatia, Šilobodec families are generally Croats (from Pozega ), very rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šilobodec live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Varazdin (<10), Zagradje (<10), Novi Stitnjak (<5), and in Pozega (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Šilobodec is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.