Surname Šeman in modern Croatia

Šeman families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šeman live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (30), Split (15), Blato on the Island of Korcula (10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šeman (including: Seman , Szeman , Semaan , Seeman , Scheman , Sheman , Semann , Semhan , Sehman and Semman ) is present in 119 countries worldwide. The family name "Seman " is used by some 30000 people in Ethiopia , about 7000 in Malaysia , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Sheman " is used by some 90 people in Viet Nam , about 60 in Uganda , and some 50 people in the United States. "Scheman " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Thailand , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Šeman, Rosalia Šeman, Jasna Šeman, Ivka Šeman, Frano Šeman, Ljubo Šeman, Katarina Šeman, Željko Šeman, Ivan Šeman, Nedjeljka Šeman, Zinal Šeman, Ivona Šeman, Fanita Šeman, Mara Šeman, Anita Šeman, Mladenka Šeman, Silvana Šeman, Alen Šeman, Mario Šeman

Mentions in sources

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

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