In Croatia, Selichar families are generally Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), very rarely Czechs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Nova Gradiska area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Selichar live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Vrbova in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Nova Gradiska (<5), and in Cernik in Nova Gradiska area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Selichar is present in three countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.