Surname Selak in modern Croatia

Selak families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Imotsko , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area). In Jasenice in Dubrovnik area every third inhabitant had the family name Selak.

Prevalence

About 620 people with faimily name Selak live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Makarska (110), Split (105), Zagreb (85), Osijek (45), and in Pula (35).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Selak (including: Sellak , Shelak , Sellack , Selack , Szelak , Shelakh , Selac , Selaq and Sheelak ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Selak " is used by some 1000 people in Indonesia , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Poland. "Selack " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Shelak " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Ante Selak, Ratko Selak, Željko Selak, Robert Selak, Edin Selak, Mate Selak, Monika Selak, Ivo Selak, Renata Selak, Hrvoje Selak, Jure Selak, Milenko Selak, Danko Selak, Vanja Selak, Darko Selak, Dinko Selak, Šimun Selak, Jadranka Selak, Ivica Selak

Mentions in sources

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

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