Surname Šever in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šever families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Pula.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šever live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (<5), Bunic in Obrovac area (<5), Rovinj (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Udbina in Obrovac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šever (including: Sever , Shever , Sewer , Shiever , Schever , Shewer , Szever , Shrever , Schewer and Seveer ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. The family name "Sever " is used by some 90000 people in Turkey , about 8000 in Russian Federation , and some 5000 people in the United States. "Shever " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Ukraine , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Schever " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Šever, Mirjana Šever, Silvana Šever, Mladen Šever, Jovan Šever, Duško Šever, Sandra Šever, Rade Šever, Bude Šever, Dušanka Šever, Dane Šever, Nevenka Šever, Vlajko Šever, Milka Šever, Dušan Šever, Petar Šever, Vera Šever, Nikola Šever, Marija Šever

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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