Surname Sekelj in modern Croatia

Sekelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Stažnjevec in Ivanec every ninth inhabitant had the family name Sekelj.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Sekelj live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Staznjevec (30), Zagreb (30), Varazdin (25), Krizevci (20), and in Zgalisce in Vrbovec area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sekelj (including: Szekely , Sekely , Szekeli , Shekelli , Sekeli , Sekelli , Shekelly , Shekeli and Seckely ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. "Sekely " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 80 in Mexico , and small number of people in Israel. "Sekelli " is used by few people in the United States. "Seckely " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Sekelj, Alen Sekelj, Jelena Sekelj, Ružica Sekelj, Mario Sekelj, Sandra Sekelj, Zorka Sekelj, Radovan Sekelj, Ivan Sekelj, Zdenko Sekelj, Snježana Sekelj, Andrijana Sekelj, Goranka Sekelj, Maida Sekelj, Vojislav Sekelj, Tomo Sekelj, Dalibor Sekelj, Davor Sekelj, Đuro Sekelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1679 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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