Surname Selar in modern Croatia

Selar families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Novaki Motovunski in Pazin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Selar.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Selar live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Novaki Motovunski in Pazin area (35), Umag (<10), Novigrad (<10), Karojba in Pazin area (<10), and in Pazin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Selar (including: Shelar , Sellar , Czellar , Shellar , Sheelar , Seelaar , Seelar , Shelaar and Szellár ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. The family name "Selar " is used by some 50 people in Indonesia , about 50 in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Shelar " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Poland , and some 100 people in Japan. "Seelar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danijela Selar, Zlatko Selar, Mauricio Selar, Valter Selar, Kristina Selar, Daniela Selar, Klara Selar, Dean Selar, Josip Selar, Snežana Selar, Emanuela Selar, Nevio Selar, Ištvan Selar, Anton Selar, Irenka Selar, Alen Selar, Silvia Selar, Davor Selar, Miroslav Selar

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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