Surname Šehović in modern Croatia

Šehović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , often Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Šehović live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Tvrdjavica (<10), Osijek (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šehović (including: Sehovic , Scehovic , Sehovich and Schekhovich ) is present in 25 countries on four continents. The family name "Sehovic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Sweden. "Sehovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Scehovic " is used by some 100 people in Slovakia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Enver Šehović, Jusuf Šehović, Amna Šehović, Ćamil Šehović, Feđa Šehović, Đurđica Šehović, Dijana Šehović, Ada Šehović, Merima Šehović, Munib Šehović, Ljubica Šehović, Dario Šehović, Jasna Šehović, Amela Šehović, Ekrem Šehović, Šerif Šehović, Edhem Šehović, Ivanka Šehović, Omer Šehović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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