In Croatia, Selez families are Croats (from the Island of Pag ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Selez live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only two naselja i to in Kolan on the Island of Pag (<5) and Cernik in Rijeka area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Selez (including: Selliez , Sellez ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Selez " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.
