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Surname Šencaj in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šencaj families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad area.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Šencaj live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in one city and 6 other places, mostly in Donji Trpuci (<10), Zagreb (<10), Antunovac in Osijek area (<5), Donji Dragonozec (<5), and in Ruca in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Šencaj is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Sencaj " is used by some 50 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Damir Šencaj,
Vinko Šencaj,
Vlado Šencaj,
Gordana Šencaj,
Ankica Šencaj,
Ružica Šencaj,
Danijel Šencaj,
Stjepan Šencaj,
Slavko Šencaj,
Tomo Šencaj,
Dragica Šencaj,
Verica Šencaj,
Barbara Šencaj,
Marko Šencaj,
Diana Šencaj,
Mato Šencaj,
Ruža Šencaj,
Katarina Šencaj,
Gjuro Šencaj