Surname Šelaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šelaj families are generally Croats (from Kutina ), very rarely Hungarians (also from Kutina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šelaj live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Kutina (<10), Zagreb (<5), Ivanic-Grad (<5), Katolicke Caire (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šelaj (including: Selaj , Selai , Selei , Selay , Selhay , Selahy , Sellay , Shelay , Shelaj and Shelai ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. "Shelay " is used by few people in the United States. "Selhay " is used by small number of people in Uruguay , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Borislav Šelaj, Željko Šelaj, Dario Šelaj, Lidija Šelaj, Marica Šelaj, Mijo Šelaj, Igor Šelaj, Ivančica Šelaj, Ana Šelaj, Niveska Šelaj, Tatjana Šelaj, Iva Šelaj, Marina Šelaj, Dušanka Šelaj, Đuro Šelaj, Agneza Šelaj, Elizabeta Šelaj, Ivan Šelaj, Boris Šelaj

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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