Surname Šep in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šep families are Croats (from Novska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novska area and in Zagreb. In Drenov Bok in Novska area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Šep.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Šep live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Novska (10), Drenov Bok in Novska area (<10), Sisak (<10), and in Pirovac in Vodice area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šep (including: Sep , Shep , Sepp , Schepp , Schep , Shepp , Seph , Szep , Seep and Scep ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Shep " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 90 in Great Britain , and about 90 in Russian Federation. "Sepp " is used by some 2000 people in Estonia , about 1000 in Germany , and some 600 people in the United States. "Schepp " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 900 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Josip Šep, Ivica Šep, Ivana Šep, Mijo Šep, Tajana Šep, Jasna Šep, Kristian Šep, Nada Šep, Stjepan Šep, Dunja Šep, Zdravko Šep, Martina Šep, Željko Šep, Ružica Šep, Zdenka Šep, Marija Šep, Milan Šep, Darko Šep, Ana Šep

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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