In Croatia, Šetula families are generally Croats (from Ilok ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok and Vukovar.
Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Šetula live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Ilok (15), Osijek (<10), Sarengrad (<10), Sroki in Rijeka area (<5), and in Vukovar (<5).
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.