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Surname Šumelj in modern Croatia
Šumelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area).
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Šumelj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zmijavci in Imotski area (35), Makarska (15), Imotski (10), Tucepi in Makarska area (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šumelj (including: Sumeli , Shumeli , Sumelj and Sumely ) is present in 12 countries worldwide.
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Characteristic first names
Valter Šumelj,
Zoran Šumelj,
Mirko Šumelj,
Vinko Šumelj,
Ante Šumelj,
Marijan Šumelj,
Kristina Šumelj,
Bojan Šumelj,
Goran Šumelj,
Ivanka Šumelj,
Dragoljub Šumelj,
Ivan Šumelj,
Stanislav Šumelj,
Damir Šumelj,
Tihana Šumelj,
Radmila Šumelj,
Matilda Šumelj,
Ivana Šumelj,
Iva Šumelj
