Surname Šilvester in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šilvester families are Croats (from Krizevci ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci and in Vrbovec area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šilvester live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Cubinec (<10), Krizevci (<5), Gracina (<5), and in Lemes Krizevacki (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šilvester (including: Silvester , Sylvester , Sylwester , Szilveszter , Selvester , Silwester , Szylvester and Szilvester ) is present in 132 countries worldwide. The family name "Silvester " is used by some 5000 people in Tanzania , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Great Britain. "Silwester " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Szilvester " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Šilvester, Tomislav Šilvester, Zdenko Šilvester, Dražen Šilvester, Vladimir Šilvester, Marija Šilvester, Suzana Šilvester, Jana Šilvester, Katarina Šilvester, Marica Šilvester, Đuro Šilvester, Nevenka Šilvester, Ivica Šilvester, Mario Šilvester, Antonio Šilvester, Pavao Šilvester, Vinko Šilvester, Božo Šilvester, Dragica Šilvester

Mentions in sources

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

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