Surname Sekulić in modern Croatia

Sekulić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Lika , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod. In Blinja in Petrinja every third inhabitant had the family name Sekulić.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Sekulić live in Croatia today, in 720 households. There were 2000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 156 other places, mostly in Zagreb (320), Slavonski Brod (70), Rijeka (65), Osijek (60), and in Sisak (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Australia (8), the United States (7), Canada (6), Austria (2), France (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Sekulić (including: Sekulic , Sekulich , Seculici and Szekulics ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Sekulic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 90 people in Canada. "Sekulich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 50 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Sekulić, Damir Sekulić, Višnja Sekulić, Milan Sekulić, Dragutin Sekulić, Ante Sekulić, Miodrag Sekulić, Andrea Sekulić, Marijan Sekulić, Zoran Sekulić, Denis Sekulić, Nikola Sekulić, Smiljan Sekulić, Suzana Sekulić, Mario Sekulić, Ilenia Sekulić, Meri Sekulić, Draženko Sekulić, Siniša Sekulić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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