Surname Šegina in modern Croatia

Šegina families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrbovsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Ozalj. In Milani in Vrbovsko area every second inhabitant had the family name Šegina.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Šegina live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Karlovac (25), Zagreb (20), Ozalj (<10), Lipa in Ogulin area (<10), and in Pavlovec Zabocki (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Šegina (including: Segina , Shegina , Schergina , Schegina , Schelygina and Shlegina ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Segina " is used by some 300 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Ukraine. "Shegina " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marina Šegina, Mladen Šegina, Petra Šegina, Damir Šegina, Mirjana Šegina, Marko Šegina, Vladimir Šegina, Tomislav Šegina, Drago Šegina, Đani Šegina, Zlatko Šegina, Željko Šegina, Barka Šegina, Ranko Šegina, Miroslav Šegina, Mario Šegina, Maja Šegina, Blaženka Šegina, Mirko Šegina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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