Surname Sekeli in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sekeli families are generally Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area) and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Sekeli live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<10) and Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sekeli (including: Szekely , Sökeli , Sekely , Secheli , Szekeli , Shekelli , Sekelli , Shekeli and Shekelly ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Sekelli " is used by few people in the United States. "Sekely " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 80 in Mexico , and small number of people in Israel. "Secheli " is used by some 200 people in Romania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria , small number of people in Czech Republic , small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Darko Sekeli, Marijana Sekeli, Dario Sekeli, Vlasta Sekeli, Aleksandra Sekeli, Tomislav Sekeli, Zdravka Sekeli, Nada Sekeli, Miodrag Sekeli, Damir Sekeli, Danijel Sekeli, Karlo Sekeli

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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