Surname Šilović in modern Croatia

Šilović families are Croats and they are mostly from Kastela area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Kastela area. In Kladnjice in Kastela area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šilović.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Šilović live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Split (75), Zagreb (45), Otok in Vinkovci area (15), Osijek (10), and in Kastel Stari (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (4) and Germany (3).
Family name Šilović (including: Silovic , Shilovich , Silovich , Shmilovich , Shelovich , Shilowich , Selovich and Schmilovich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Silovic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Silovich " is used by some 70 people in Russian Federation , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Shilowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Šilović, Vladimir Šilović, Miroslav Šilović, Zoran Šilović, Duje Šilović, Zlata Šilović, Ante Šilović, Neno Šilović, Josip Šilović, Dragica Šilović, Ivana Šilović, Milan Šilović, Hrvoje Šilović, Marina Šilović, Tihomir Šilović, Lucija Šilović, Suzana Šilović, Anita Šilović, Ivan Šilović

Mentions in sources

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

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