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Surname Šešelj in modern Croatia
Šešelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. According to some sources they are from Popova polja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Opuzen area. In Podgradina in Opuzen area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Šešelj.
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Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Šešelj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Opuzen (45), Zagreb (15), Podgradina in Opuzen area (15), Metkovic (10), and in Buk-Vlaka (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Šešelj (including: Seseli , Sesely , Seselj , Sesseli and Sessely ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Sesely " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Zlatko Šešelj,
Stipan Šešelj,
Stjepan Šešelj,
Ante Šešelj,
Lucijana Šešelj,
Denis Šešelj,
Gradimir Šešelj,
Mislav Šešelj,
Milan Šešelj,
Ivica Šešelj,
Nikola Šešelj,
Katarina Šešelj,
Hari Šešelj,
Željana Šešelj,
Nino Šešelj,
Jelena Šešelj,
Dominika Šešelj,
Petar Šešelj,
Goran Šešelj
