Surname Sessa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sessa families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Korcule ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on the Island of Korcula.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Sessa live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Korcula on the Island of Korcula (15), Zagreb (<10), Dubrovnik (<5), Split (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sessa is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Sessa " is used by some 9000 people in Italy , about 3000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Đuro Sessa, Zoran Sessa, Zdenka Sessa, Vinko Sessa, Nikša Sessa, Jadranka Sessa, Andro Sessa, Ratko Sessa, Ivor Sessa, Aldo Sessa, Vanja Sessa, Jasenka Sessa, Niko Sessa, Nikola Sessa, Ljiljana Sessa, Vera Sessa, Ane Sessa, Nevenka Sessa, Darko Sessa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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