Surname Ševo in modern Croatia

Ševo families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Trogir , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Ševo live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Seget Donji in Trogir area (55), Split (50), Trogir (50), Zagreb (35), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ševo (including: Sevo , Shevo , Sewo , Scervo , Sewoh and Shevoo ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Sevo " is used by some 1000 people in Benin , about 500 in Albania , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jana Ševo, Jasmina Ševo, Tomislav Ševo, Daria Ševo, Nikica Ševo, Mario Ševo, Vlado Ševo, Elvis Ševo, Josip Ševo, Slavica Ševo, Zdenka Ševo, Igor Ševo, Elvira Ševo, Ana Ševo, Marin Ševo, Danka Ševo, Robert Ševo, Snježana Ševo, Iva Ševo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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