Surname Sečen in modern Croatia

Sečen families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Griče in Ozalj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Sečen.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Sečen live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Jastrebarsko (15), Rijeka (10), Karlovac (10), and in Samobor (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sečen (including: Secen , Sechen and Sezzen ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Secen " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Sechen " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Sezzen " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivanka Sečen, Nikica Sečen, Vladimir Sečen, Ivan Sečen, Tihomir Sečen, Marija Sečen, Branko Sečen, Tomislav Sečen, Rafael Sečen, Ronald Sečen, Igor Sečen, Ivo Sečen, Dario Sečen, Darko Sečen, Mario Sečen, Andreja Sečen, Dražen Sečen, Krešimir Sečen, Boris Sečen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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