Surname Šeler in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šeler families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šeler live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (65), Samobor (<5), Kljuc Brdovecki in Zapresic area (<5), and in Bjelovar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šeler (including: Seller , Seler , Scheler , Sellier , Sheler , Sheller , Sehler , Szeler , Shieler and Szeller ) is present in 118 countries worldwide. The family name "Seler " is used by some 200 people in Turkey , about 100 in Romania , and some 80 people in the United States. "Sheler " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Scheler " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 90 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Igor Šeler, Lidija Šeler, Sanja Šeler, Zlatko Šeler, Tatjana Šeler, Milica Šeler, Robert Šeler, Barbara Šeler, Marko Šeler, Ivica Šeler, Davor Šeler, Marija Šeler, Miroslav Šeler, Katarina Šeler, Gordana Šeler, Božidar Šeler, Mira Šeler, Denis Šeler, Ana Šeler

Mentions in sources

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

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