Surname Šenija in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šenija live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located and 6 other Croatian places, mostly in Gornja Garesnica in Cazma area (10), Kutina (<10), Sisak (<5), Novoselec in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), and in Gornja Jelenska in Kutina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šenija (including: Senija , Seniya , Seeniya , Seniyah , Senijah , Sheniya and Shenniya ) is present in 14 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Davor Šenija, Marija Šenija, Renata Šenija, Robert Šenija, Dražen Šenija, Mirjana Šenija, Šimo Šenija, Marijan Šenija, Ivan Šenija, Drago Šenija, Kata Šenija, Ivica Šenija, Antun Šenija, Dragan Šenija, Zdravko Šenija, Josip Šenija, Nikola Šenija, Vlado Šenija, Dragica Šenija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1927 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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