Surname Šekerija in modern Croatia

Šekerija families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area) and in North Herzegovina (Konjic area). In places Ždrimci and Vilić Polje in Middle Bosnia every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šekerija.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Šekerija live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Sesvete (30), Vinkovci (15), Piskorevci (15), and in Vuka in Djakovo area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šekerija is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Mario Šekerija, Vlado Šekerija, Niko Šekerija, Ivica Šekerija, Eni Šekerija, Tomislav Šekerija, Dragan Šekerija, Ilija Šekerija, Stipo Šekerija, Ante Šekerija, Sanela Šekerija, Kristina Šekerija, Goran Šekerija, Mirjana Šekerija, Žarko Šekerija, Marina Šekerija, Marija Šekerija, Branka Šekerija, Ivan Šekerija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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