Surname Sekula in modern Croatia

Sekula families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area (Bibinje). According to some sources they are from Lika, and are rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Otocac.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Sekula live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Bibinje in Zadar area (65), Split (35), Otocac (30), and in Dubrovnik (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sekula (including: Secula , Sekulla , Sekhula , Szekula , Shekula and Seekula ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Sekula " is used by some 6000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 800 people in Germany. "Szekula " is used by some 100 people in Hungary , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Sekula, Maro Sekula, Milan Sekula, Ana Sekula, Davor Sekula, Maja Sekula, Joško Sekula, Rudolf Sekula, Nikola Sekula, Svjetlana Sekula, Dario Sekula, Marijan Sekula, Lucija Sekula, Danijel Sekula, Ante Sekula, Dinko Sekula, Nina Sekula, Robert Sekula, Stjepan Sekula

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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