Surname Seleš in modern Croatia

Seleš families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Seleš live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (55), Bjelovar (15), Zagreb (10), Grkine (10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Seleš (including: Seles , Seleshi , Selles , Selesh , Selesho , Sellies , Seleschuk , Selesse , Seleshe and Seless ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. "Seleshi " is used by some 30000 people in Ethiopia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Szeles " is used by some 3000 people in Hungary , about 500 in Romania , and some 400 people in the United States. "Sheles " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Seleš, Zdravko Seleš, Željko Seleš, Igor Seleš, Ivanka Seleš, Ivica Seleš, Tomislav Seleš, Zoran Seleš, Anđelko Seleš, Zvonimir Seleš, Zlatko Seleš, Božica Seleš, Danijela Seleš, Hrvoje Seleš, Boris Seleš, Tihomir Seleš, Đurđica Seleš, Mario Seleš, Kristina Seleš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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