Surname Ševelj in modern Croatia

Ševelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Split. In Podimoć in Dubrovnik area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ševelj.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Ševelj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Tucepi in Makarska area (50), Dubrovnik (25), Slano in Dubrovnik area (15), Makarska (<10), and in Podimoc in Dubrovnik area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ševelj (including: Sevelj , Sevely , Sevelli , Seveli , Sheveli , Shevelli , Sheweli , Shevely , Seweli and Sewely ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. "Sevely " is used by some 200 people in France , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Spain. "Seweli " is used by few people in the United States. "Sewely " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dario Ševelj, Nedita Ševelj, Žana Ševelj, Matko Ševelj, Ivan Ševelj, Marija Ševelj, Ljubo Ševelj, Miho Ševelj, Ivana Ševelj, Vladimir Ševelj, Josip Ševelj, Miljenko Ševelj, Nina Ševelj, Pero Ševelj, Ivica Ševelj, Mato Ševelj, Dragana Ševelj, Zoran Ševelj, Livija Ševelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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