Surname Čalić in modern Croatia

Čalić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources they are from Pula area, less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosanian Posavina (Modrica area). In Čardak in Bosanian Posavina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Čalić.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Čalić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 680 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 85 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Marcana in Pula area (55), Sesvete (35), Pula (30), and in Osijek (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Austria (3), Sweden (2), and to the United States (2).
Family name Čalić (including: Calic , Chalich , Calich , Calicho , Caliche , Cialic , Callick , Callich , Calick and Chalic ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Calic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Chalic " is used by few people in the United States. "Calich " is used by some 60 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Čalić, Anita Čalić, Romana Čalić, Damir Čalić, Predrag Čalić, Violeta Čalić, Velimir Čalić, Valter Čalić, Ivan Čalić, Maks Čalić, Goran Čalić, Tomislav Čalić, Nevenka Čalić, Zdravko Čalić, Jadranko Čalić, Marko Čalić, Ana Čalić, Petar Čalić, Suzana Čalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1721 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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