Surname Ševa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ševa families are mainly Croats (from Cakovec area ), less frequently Serbs (from Banja Luka Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Ševa live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Gorican in Cakovec area (<5), Vrbovec (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Gospic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ševa (including: Seva , Sheva , Sewa , Shewa , Scheva , Seeva , Sevva , Sceva , Schewa and Sevha ) is present in 104 countries worldwide. "Sceva " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Sewah " is used by some 400 people in Sierra Leone , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Trinidad and Tobago.

Characteristic first names

Jurica Ševa, Darko Ševa, Slobodan Ševa, Sanja Ševa, Tomislav Ševa, Miroslavka Ševa, Ivanka Ševa, Željko Ševa, Vladimir Ševa, Nikola Ševa, Zdravko Ševa, Marija Ševa, Alen Ševa, Desanka Ševa, Ljubica Ševa, Zorka Ševa, Savo Ševa, Dragoslav Ševa, Senka Ševa

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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