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Surname Žeželj in modern Croatia
Žeželj families are often Croats and they are mostly from Domovec near Novi Marof , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area. In Domovec in Novi Marof area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Žeželj.
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Prevalence
About 460 people with faimily name Žeželj live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 640 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Radovin in Nin area (35), Rijeka (20), Ervenik in Knin area (20), and in Prelog (20).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), the United Kingdom (1), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Žeželj is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Zezelj " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Dragan Žeželj,
Tomislav Žeželj,
Nenad Žeželj,
Vlado Žeželj,
Nikola Žeželj,
Marija Žeželj,
Tamara Žeželj,
Ante Žeželj,
Krešimir Žeželj,
Franjo Žeželj,
Zvonimir Žeželj,
Kristijan Žeželj,
Robert Žeželj,
Marko Žeželj,
Katarina Žeželj,
Renata Žeželj,
Josip Žeželj,
Stanko Žeželj,
Dragica Žeželj
