Surname Šepelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šepelj families are mainly Croats (from Pozega area ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šepelj live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<5), Pula (<5), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šepelj (including: Sepelj , Seepelli , Sepeli , Sepelie , Sepelli , Seepelly , Shepeli and Shepelli ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. "Seepelli " is used by few people in the United States. "Seepelly " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maja Šepelj, Igor Šepelj, Ružica Šepelj, Nenad Šepelj, Goran Šepelj, Natalija Šepelj, Darko Šepelj, Višnja Šepelj, Siniša Šepelj, Kristina Šepelj, Đuro Šepelj, Zoran Šepelj, Ilinka Šepelj, Nataša Šepelj, Katarina Šepelj, Milorad Šepelj, Gordana Šepelj, Jadran Šepelj, Mira Šepelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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