Surname Šego in modern Croatia

Šego families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Citluk area) and in Drnis area. In Gornje Planjane in Drnis area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šego.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Šego live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Split (60), Solin (45), Kastel Kambelovac (25), and in Velika Gorica (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šego (including: Sego , Shego , Seggio , Szegho , Szego , Scego , Segho , Seego , Segoo and Schego ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. The family name "Sego " is used by some 3000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Benin , and some 1000 people in Kenya. "Szego " is used by some 500 people in Hungary , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Japan. "Scego " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 70 in Djibouti.

Characteristic first names

Mato Šego, Krunoslav Šego, Jasna Šego, Boško Šego, Vedran Šego, Tihana Šego, Mile Šego, Andrijana Šego, Josip Šego, Krešimir Šego, Ivan Šego, Jozo Šego, Krešo Šego, Milenka Šego, Zdravka Šego, Helena Šego, Mario Šego, Dražen Šego, Vatroslav Šego

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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