Surname Sem in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sem families are generally Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), very rarely Czechs (from Zagreb ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazma and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Sem live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Vrtlinska (<10), Velika Ludina in Cazma area (<5), and in Cazma (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sem (including: Shem , Seem , Semm , Sehm , Sheem , Szem , Sém , Semh and Shemm ) is present in 116 countries worldwide. "Seem " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Malaysia , and some 100 people in Norway. "Semm " is used by some 400 people in Indonesia , about 300 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States. "Sehm " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Norway.

Characteristic first names

Anita Sem, Tristan Sem, Dijana Sem, Ankica Sem, Dragutin Sem, Paulina Sem, Saša Sem, Vilim Sem, Miroslav Sem, Krešimir Sem, Maja Sem, Dragan Sem, Jeronim Sem, Pavla Sem, Branko Sem, Marjana Sem, Franjo Sem, Kata Sem, Zvonko Sem

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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