Surname Šelebaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šelebaj families are almost entirely Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko area and in Zagreb. In Kostel Pribićki in Jastrebarsko area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Šelebaj.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Šelebaj live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Vukovar (<10), Slavetic (<10), Dol in Jastrebarsko area (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Canada (1).
Family name Šelebaj is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Ružica Šelebaj, Dragutin Šelebaj, Ankica Šelebaj, Mirjana Šelebaj, Tomislav Šelebaj, Robert Šelebaj, Gordan Šelebaj, Petra Šelebaj, Josip Šelebaj, Štefan Šelebaj, Pavao Šelebaj, Miroslav Šelebaj, Ivica Šelebaj, Jelka Šelebaj, Ljljana Šelebaj, Nada Šelebaj, Kruno Šelebaj, Domagoj Šelebaj, Slobodan Šelebaj

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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