Surname Šemeš in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šemeš live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (15), Lovorno in Dubrovnik area (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Lucko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šemeš (including: Shemesh , Semes , Schemes , Szemes , Semmes , Semesh , Scemes , Shemes , Schemesch and Semesha ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Shemesh " is used by some 5000 people in Israel , about 700 in the United States , and some 100 people in Afghanistan. "Schemesch " is used by few people in the United States. "Szemes " is used by some 900 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Anita Šemeš, Dijana Šemeš, Jasmina Šemeš, Hrvoje Šemeš, Mato Šemeš, Mislav Šemeš, Ljerka Šemeš, Pero Šemeš, Krešimir Šemeš, Gerd Šemeš, Paula Šemeš, Paola Šemeš, Kate Šemeš, Miho Šemeš, Ivo Šemeš, Mare Šemeš, Katarina Šemeš, Dario Šemeš, Ivan Šemeš

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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