Surname Šelem in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šelem families are generally Croats (from Novska area ), very rarely Czechs (from Novska ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Novska.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šelem live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Krivaj (<10) and Lipovljani (<5) in Novska area, Zagreb (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Pozega (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šelem (including: Selem , Seleem , Sellem , Shelem , Shellem , Seelem and Schelem ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. "Shellem " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Šelem, Vesna Šelem, Mario Šelem, Ivana Šelem, Ivan Šelem, Matija Šelem, Vlado Šelem, Milica Šelem, Petar Šelem, Antun Šelem, Marija Šelem, Dragica Šelem, Josip Šelem, Marica Šelem, Željko Šelem, Rendi Šelem, Danijel Šelem, Valerija Šelem, Petra Šelem

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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