Surname Ševerdija in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Ševerdija live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zaton (70), Rijeka (25), Zagreb (20), Sibenik (10), and in Rtina in Nin area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (3), Austria (1), Canada (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Ševerdija (including: Severdija , Sheverdiya ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Severdija " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Ševerdija, Milan Ševerdija, Tajana Ševerdija, Vesna Ševerdija, Ivan Ševerdija, Dražen Ševerdija, Željko Ševerdija, Nevena Ševerdija, Tonći Ševerdija, Milivoj Ševerdija, Dolores Ševerdija, Gabrijela Ševerdija, Zoran Ševerdija, Ivana Ševerdija, Jolanda Ševerdija, Branka Ševerdija, Gorana Ševerdija, Dušan Ševerdija, Marijo Ševerdija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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