Surname Šekrst in modern Croatia

Šekrst families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šekrst live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (25), Gotalovec in Zlatar area (<10), Vukovina (<10), and in Zajezda in Zlatar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šekrst is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Šekrst, Bruno Šekrst, Ana Šekrst, Sanjin Šekrst, Jasminka Šekrst, Ivica Šekrst, Vlado Šekrst, Đuro Šekrst, Ramona Šekrst, Vesna Šekrst, Zlatko Šekrst, Marija Šekrst, Dražen Šekrst, Branko Šekrst, Zvonimir Šekrst, Damir Šekrst, Štefica Šekrst, Dragana Šekrst, Kristinka Šekrst

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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