Surname Širec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Širec families are almost entirely Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Koprivnica. In Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Širec.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Širec live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (25), Djurdjevac (<10), Zagreb (<5), Novo Virje in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Širec (including: Schiretz , Sirec , Siretz , Sirech , Shirec , Sireech , Syretz , Shairez and Shirez ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Shirec " is used by few people in the United States. "Schiretz " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Sireech " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Širec, Đuro Širec, Slavica Širec, Antun Širec, Ksenija Širec, Ljubica Širec, Damir Širec, Marko Širec, Željko Širec, Vjekoslav Širec, Matija Širec, Mirko Širec, Otmar Širec, Melita Širec, Jože Širec, Oto Širec, Sanja Širec, Mirjana Širec, Zdravko Širec

Mentions in sources

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.

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