In Croatia, Seljanac families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Bjelovar area. In Šiptari in Bjelovar area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Seljanac.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Seljanac 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 located in only two Croatian places: in Siptari in Bjelovar area (<10) and Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Seljanac is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.