Surname Šlender in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šlender families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šlender live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Supetar on the Island of Brac (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šlender (including: Slender , Schlender , Shlender , Schluender , Shalender , Shellender , Shilender and Shylender ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Slender " is used by some 200 people in Australia , about 100 in South Africa , and some 100 people in the United States. "Schlender " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Shalender " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Šlender, Gordan Šlender, Dasen Šlender, Ksenija Šlender, Snježana Šlender, Vanja Šlender, Marija Šlender, Ranko Šlender, Alda Šlender, Božidar Šlender, Lea Šlender, Bruno Šlender, Rino Šlender

Mentions in sources

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

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