Surname Šečić in modern Croatia

Šečić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , also Bosniaks and Roms. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Slavonski Brod. In Nemila in Middle Bosnia every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šečić.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Šečić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Sesvete (15), Slavonski Brod (15), Trnovec in Cakovec area (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šečić (including: Secic , Secich , Secas and Secash ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Secic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Norway , and some 50 people in Australia. "Secich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Secas " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tatjana Šečić, Branka Šečić, Alen Šečić, Josip Šečić, Jasmin Šečić, Nada Šečić, Damir Šečić, Sandra Šečić, Marijo Šečić, Muhamed Šečić, Salem Šečić, Božidar Šečić, Nataša Šečić, Kristina Šečić, Zenan Šečić, Anita Šečić, Sadeta Šečić, Ivana Šečić, Emilija Šečić

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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