Surname Šegec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šegec families are predominantly Croats (from Cazma area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šegec live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Osijek (15), Vukovar (<10), Velika Ludina in Cazma area (<5), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (<5), and in Veliko Trgovisce in Zabok area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šegec (including: Segec , Schegetz and Segech ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Schegetz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranka Šegec, Terezija Šegec, Igor Šegec, Ivan Šegec, Darko Šegec, Ana Šegec, Marina Šegec, Branko Šegec, Mirjana Šegec, Zlatko Šegec, Vilma Šegec, Božidar Šegec, Miroslav Šegec, Nevenka Šegec, Anđelija Šegec, Sanja Šegec, Petar Šegec, Franjo Šegec, Antonija Šegec

Mentions in sources

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

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