Surname Šelović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šelović families are predominantly Croats (from Grubisno Polje ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Grubisno Polje.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šelović live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Grubisno Polje (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Varazdin (<5), Dalj in Vinkovci area (<5), and in Vera in Vukovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šelović (including: Selovic , Selovich and Shelovich ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Selovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Šelović, Saša Šelović, Tatjana Šelović, Vladimir Šelović, Goran Šelović, Verica Šelović, Milan Šelović, Savka Šelović, Nebojša Šelović, Bojana Šelović, Milka Šelović, Marija Šelović, Petar Šelović, Stoja Šelović, Mia Šelović, Marin Šelović, Borna Šelović, Nikša Šelović, Marko Šelović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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