Surname Šešo in modern Croatia

Šešo families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Knin area. In Lukar in Knin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šešo.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Šešo live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (50), Knin (10), Drnis (<10), Zadar (<10), and in Lukar in Knin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šešo (including: Seso , Sesso , Sheshko , Schesso , Seshko , Shesho , Sesoh and Scheschko ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Sesso " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 400 in Italy , and some 300 people in the United States. "Schesso " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Drago Šešo, Luka Šešo, Ivica Šešo, Ivan Šešo, Ljiljana Šešo, Mario Šešo, Katica Šešo, Petar Šešo, Toni Šešo, Marija Šešo, Andrijana Šešo, Tomislav Šešo, Zvonko Šešo, Nenad Šešo, Antonijo Šešo, Zorka Šešo, Bruno Šešo, Marko Šešo, Vesna Šešo

Mentions in sources

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

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