In Croatia, Sellan families are mainly Croats (from Labin ), less frequently Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Labin and Pula.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Sellan live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pula (<10), Ripenda Verbanci (<5), and in Labin (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Sellan is present in 27 countries worldwide. "Shellan " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.