Surname Šest in modern Croatia

Šest families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Šest live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Pece in Zlatar area (15), Trnovec in Varazdin area (<10), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (<10), and in Varazdin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šest (including: Sest , Shest , Seest , Shrest , Schest , Sestha , Sesthi , Shesht , Sesth and Shesth ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. "Schest " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Seest " is used by some 100 people in Denmark , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Shresht " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Šest, Boris Šest, Irena Šest, Davor Šest, Ivan Šest, Goran Šest, Josip Šest, Vjekoslav Šest, Branko Šest, Mihaela Šest, Božica Šest, Milan Šest, Stjepan Šest, Franjo Šest, Zvonko Šest, Marijan Šest, Ivanka Šest, Marijana Šest, Barbara Šest

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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