Surname Šeliga in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šeliga families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area and in Kutina.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šeliga live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located and 8 other Croatian places, mostly in Ljubelj Kalnicki in Varazdin area (10), Plavic in Klanjec area (<10), Varazdin (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Kutina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šeliga (including: Seliga , Szeliga , Scheliga and Sheliga ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Seliga " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 1000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Slovakia. "Sheliga " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Scheliga " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in Brazil , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Melanija Šeliga, Dalibor Šeliga, Damir Šeliga, Vedran Šeliga, Marijan Šeliga, Dragica Šeliga, Sanja Šeliga, Božica Šeliga, Martina Šeliga, Ivan Šeliga, Slavko Šeliga, Vlado Šeliga, Stjepan Šeliga, Alenka Šeliga, Mojmir Šeliga, Kristijan Šeliga, Dragutin Šeliga, Dražen Šeliga, Kristina Šeliga

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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