Surname Šen in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šen families are generally Croats (from Rovinj area ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šen live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Djakovo (<10), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), Mirkovci (<5), and in Zmajevac in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šen (including: Shen , Sen , Senn , Szen , Sehn , Hsen , Schen , Seen , Senh and Sthen ) is present in 170 countries worldwide. "Shen " is used by some 300000 people in Taiwan , about 70000 in Japan , and some 50000 people in the United States. "Schen " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 80 in Brazil , and small number of people in Malaysia. "Sthen " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Šen, Željko Šen, Nenad Šen, Edo Šen, Mirela Šen, Đuro Šen, Norbert Šen, Dario Šen, Ludvig Šen, Mijo Šen, Alen Šen, Marija Šen, Josipa Šen, Daria Šen, Jasminka Šen, Predrag Šen, Alojz Šen, Ida Šen, Alida Šen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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