Surname Šiša in modern Croatia

Šiša families are Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Dubrovnik. In Mihanići in Dubrovnik area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šiša.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Šiša live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Kavran in Pula area (20), Pula (20), Mihanici in Dubrovnik area (15), Rijeka (10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Sweden (1).
Family name Šiša (including: Sisa , Shisha , Sissa , Shisa , Sisah , Schischa , Sisha , Siesa , Sisaa and Shiesha ) is present in 90 countries worldwide. "Schischa " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Great Britain. "Shiesha " is used by few people in the United States. "Shisa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pero Šiša, Marija Šiša, Mihael Šiša, Ksenija Šiša, Ingrid Šiša, Danijela Šiša, Dubravka Šiša, Mirela Šiša, Svjetlana Šiša, Ante Šiša, Andrea Šiša, Branko Šiša, Vlado Šiša, Nevija Šiša, Martina Šiša, Ivan Šiša, Živka Šiša, Dalibor Šiša, Barbara Šiša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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