Surname Šlat in modern Croatia

Šlat families are Croats and they are mostly from Ogulin area. According to some sources they are from Generalskog Stola or Gorskog Kotara. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin area and in Karlovac. In Generalski Stol in Ogulin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Šlat.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Šlat live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 310 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 17 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Generalski Stol in Ogulin area (45), Zagreb (35), Karlovac (30), Duga Resa (25), and in Mreznicki Novaki (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (2), Australia (1), Sweden (1), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Šlat (including: Slat , Shelat , Slatt , Schlaht , Schladt , Schlatt , Sholat , Shilat , Slaat and Shlat ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Slat " is used by some 600 people in Indonesia , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Canada. "Schladt " is used by some 200 people in Germany and about 100 in the United States. "Slatt " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Sweden , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Šlat, Stjepan Šlat, Nikolina Šlat, Dražen Šlat, Snježana Šlat, Davor Šlat, Mirjana Šlat, Boris Šlat, Dragutin Šlat, Ivanka Šlat, Dubravka Šlat, Damir Šlat, Mladen Šlat, Zlatko Šlat, Marijan Šlat, Zdenka Šlat, Mario Šlat, Helena Šlat, Branko Šlat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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