Surname Šele in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šele families are Croats (from Mursko Sredisce area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šele live in Croatia today, in two households only.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Hreljin (<5), Novakovec in Mursko Sredisce area (<5), Krizisce (<5), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<5), and in Bakar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šele (including: Sele , Selle , Shele , Schele , Seele , Szele , Seleh , Selee , Sehle and Sthele ) is present in 107 countries worldwide. "Schele " is used by some 200 people in Chile , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Sweden. "Sthele " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Selle " is used by some 6000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Cameroon.

Characteristic first names

Alfred Šele, Ines Šele, Rudolf Šele, Čedomira Šele, Igor Šele, Franjo Šele, Katarina Šele, Matilda Šele, Davorin Šele, Denis Šele, Matea Šele, Rozalija Šele, Agata Šele, Katica Šele

Mentions in sources

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

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