Surname Šujević in modern Croatia

Šujević families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Bazgalji in Pazin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šujević.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šujević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Cerovlje in Pazin area (15), Rovinj (10), Pazin (10), Pula (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šujević (including: Sujevic , Sujevich , Sujewicz , Sulyevich and Suievich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "Sujevich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sujewicz " is used by some 50 people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Sulyevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šujević, Zvonimir Šujević, Sandra Šujević, Franko Šujević, Roland Šujević, Sara Šujević, Arturo Šujević, Eliđo Šujević, Nives Šujević, Alen Šujević, Nada Šujević, Marta Šujević, Darija Šujević, Lana Šujević, Kristijan Šujević, Mirjana Šujević, Elio Šujević, Miljenko Šujević, Gordana Šujević

Mentions in sources

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

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