Surname Šišak in modern Croatia

Šišak families are Croats and they are mostly from Donja Stubica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica area and in Skradin.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Šišak live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Sveti Matej in Donja Stubica area (25), Sibenik (25), Dubravice (20), and in Skradin (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šišak (including: Sisak , Shishak , Shischak , Sisack , Shisslak , Sisák , Sishak , Sissak , Shisak and Schischak ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Sisak " is used by some 2000 people in Ukraine , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Slovakia. "Sisack " is used by some 50 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Shisslak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Šišak, Vedran Šišak, Ivan Šišak, Božidar Šišak, Darko Šišak, Štefanija Šišak, Davor Šišak, Dario Šišak, Joško Šišak, Katarina Šišak, Zdenko Šišak, Dunja Šišak, Ivana Šišak, Ana Šišak, Marija Šišak, Slavko Šišak, Joso Šišak, Vladko Šišak, Vjerica Šišak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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