Surname Šulentić in modern Croatia

Šulentić families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac area and in Zagreb. In Sveti Rok in Obrovac area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šulentić.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Šulentić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 360 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 28 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Sveti Rok in Obrovac area (25), Gospic (15), Slavonski Brod (15), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Germany (6), Canada (5), Australia (4), France (2), Argentina (1), Sweden (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Šulentić (including: Sulentic , Sulentich ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Sulentic " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 200 in Venezuela , and some 100 people in Canada. "Sulentich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Pavao Šulentić, Snježana Šulentić, Zvonko Šulentić, Petra Šulentić, Matija Šulentić, Ivica Šulentić, Dunja Šulentić, Melita Šulentić, Luka Šulentić, Milan Šulentić, Alen Šulentić, Hrvoje Šulentić, Vlado Šulentić, Ljiljana Šulentić, Zlatan Šulentić, Andrea Šulentić, Mladen Šulentić, Stela Šulentić, Tomislav Šulentić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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