Sekulić
Sekulić, Sekulic, Sekula or Sekulich (Serbian: Секулић) is a Serbian and Croatian surname. In Croatia, Sekulić is noble family originating from Senj. They together with Rupčić, Stojković and Ugarković families, left Senj and moved to Gacka and Lika after liberation of the Lika from the Turks. They moved at a time when in Gacka were creating urban settlements in Otočac, Prozor and Brinje. Some members of this family served in Senj's military staff as experienced officers and officers. They settled in several directions and settled on the Otočac, in the Brinj area, in Ribnik and Lovinac. From these areas were moved to Slavonia in the 19th century, mainly around Brod. The surname is connected to Preradović noble family.[1][2][3][4]
There are many people with surname Sekulić:
- Aleksander Sekulić (born 1978), Slovenian basketball coach
- Blagota Sekulić (born 1982), professional Montenegrin basketball player
- Boris Sekulić (born 1991), Serbian football defender
- Branislav Sekulić (1906–1968), Yugoslavian football (soccer) player and football manager
- Danilo Sekulić (born 1990), Serbian football midfielder
- Dragica Sekulić (born 1980), Montenegrin politician
- Goga Sekulić (born 1977), Montenegrin Serb turbo folk singer with five albums
- Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958), Serbian prose writer, novelist, essayist, adventurer, polyglot and art critic
- Martin Sekulić (1833–1905), Croatian physics teacher
- Milan Sekulić (born 1995), Serbian footballer
- Milos Sekulic (born 1989), Swedish tennis player
- Nemanja Sekulić (born 1994), Montenegrin footballer
- Peter Sekulic, politician from Alberta, Canada
- Radislav Sekulić (born 1985), Montenegrin football player
- Sava Sekulić (1902–1989), Serbian painter
- Matija Sekulić (born 2000), Montenegrin singer
References
- "Hrvatske plemićke obitelji". Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- "SEKULIC – SEKULICH – SEKULA (Preradovic) - CRO-eu.com". Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- "Prezime Sekulić @ Acta Croatica". Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- "Croatian Nobility Index – Popis hrvatskih plemićkih obitelji". Retrieved 25 July 2017.