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Surname Selan in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Selan families are Croats (from Labin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and in Djakovo area.
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Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Selan live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Matulji in Opatija area (<10), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<10), Vinkovci (<5), Strmac in Labin area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Selan (including: Seelan , Sellan , Sheelan , Shelan , Sellian , Selhan , Selahn , Selann and Sselan ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Selan " is used by some 7000 people in Indonesia , about 1000 in Papua New Guinea , and some 400 people in the United States. "Sellian " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sheelan " is used by some 2000 people in Iraq , small number in the Philippines , and small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Robi Selan,
Jasenka Selan,
Barica Selan,
Ivan Selan,
Sandra Selan,
Marija Selan,
Mirko Selan,
Mario Selan,
Jasmina Selan,
Lorenco Selan,
Dragica Selan,
Davor Selan,
Boris Selan,
Silvio Selan,
Vjekoslav Selan,
Luca Selan,
Marina Selan,
Dizi Selan,
Marko Selan
