Surname Sep in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sep families are generally Croats (from Zupanja area ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Sep live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Osijek (10), Rakovica in Slunj area (<10), Skrljevo (<10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Sep (including: Sepp , Szép , Shep , Seph , Shepp , Szep , Seep , Sheep and Sheph ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. "Sepp " is used by some 2000 people in Estonia , about 1000 in Germany , and some 600 people in the United States. "Seep " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the Netherlands. "Shep " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Great Britain , and about 90 in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Ika Sep, Tugomir Sep, Irena Sep, Davor Sep, Marijan Sep, Vesna Sep, Manuelo Sep, Ivica Sep, Borislav Sep, Mirela Sep, Dražen Sep, Stela Sep, Ivanka Sep, Branka Sep, Ivana Sep, Hrvoje Sep, Ladislav Sep, Franjo Sep, Mira Sep

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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