Surname Šeketa in modern Croatia

Šeketa families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Duga Resa and Karlovac. In Šeketino Brdo in Duga Resa every second inhabitant had the family name Šeketa.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Šeketa live in Croatia today, in 100 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 16 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Duga Resa (30), Mreznicki Brig (25), Zagreb (25), Jagnjic Dol in Samobor area (25), and in Karlovac (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šeketa (including: Seketa , Sheketa , Secketa , Shereketa , Seceta , Sheketha and Seketha ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Seketa " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in South Africa , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Sheketha " is used by few people in the United States. "Seketha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anđelko Šeketa, Andreja Šeketa, Alen Šeketa, Dijana Šeketa, Krunoslav Šeketa, Marija Šeketa, Marina Šeketa, Vesna Šeketa, Ivana Šeketa, Dražen Šeketa, Valentina Šeketa, Tomislav Šeketa, Ivan Šeketa, Josip Šeketa, Branko Šeketa, Petar Šeketa, Renata Šeketa, Sandra Šeketa, Andjelko Šeketa

Mentions in sources

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

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