Surname Šenica in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šenica live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Knezevo in Beli Manastir area (10), Lijevi Dubrovcak (<10), Zagreb (<5), Ivanic-Grad (<5), and in Topolje (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šenica (including: Senica , Senizza , Senitza , Schenitza , Seniza and Senicha ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Senica " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Portugal. "Seniza " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Senitza " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Šenica, Željko Šenica, Slavko Šenica, Branko Šenica, Božica Šenica, Goran Šenica, Daniel Šenica, Robert Šenica, Ivan Šenica, Stjepan Šenica, Aranka Šenica, Sofija Šenica, Josip Šenica, Milan Šenica, Đurđica Šenica, Sanja Šenica, Dražen Šenica, Martina Šenica, Danica Šenica

Mentions in sources

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

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