Surname Šegrt in modern Croatia

Šegrt families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Backa, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šegrt live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Podravske Sesvete in Djurdjevac area (25), Split (15), Djurdjevac (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šegrt (including: Seegert , Segert , Segrt , Scheigert , Seggert and Shegrt ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. "Segert " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Poland. "Seegert " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and small number of people in Denmark. "Scheigert " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Viktor Šegrt, Žaklina Šegrt, Tomislav Šegrt, Mirko Šegrt, Bojan Šegrt, Alojzije Šegrt, Branko Šegrt, Dejan Šegrt, Saša Šegrt, Nada Šegrt, Vlade Šegrt, Anita Šegrt, Lovra Šegrt, Silvana Šegrt, Marinko Šegrt, Zoran Šegrt, Mara Šegrt, Siniša Šegrt, Ana Šegrt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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