Surname Seljak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Seljak families are Croats (from Opatija ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opatija and in Opatija area.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Seljak live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and two other places, mostly in Opatija (<10), and in Matulji (<5) and Moscenicka Draga (<5) in Opatija area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Seljak (including: Selyakh , Selyak , Shelyakh , Shelyak , Seliak , Szeljack , Sheliak and Seljack ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Seljak " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number in the United States. "Seljack " is used by few people in the United States. "Szeljack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Smiljana Seljak, Davor Seljak, Klementina Seljak, Damir Seljak, Gabrijel Seljak, Ante Seljak, Dolores Seljak, Aleksandar Seljak, Jože Seljak, Tomaž Seljak, Radojka Seljak, David Seljak, Darija Seljak, Diego Seljak, Dragica Seljak, Stojan Seljak, Ana Seljak, Draga Seljak, Dušan Seljak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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