Žeželić families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area. In places Cernik and Čavle in Rijeka area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Žeželić.
Prevalence
About 250 people with faimily name Žeželić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Rijeka (75), in Cavle (45), Buzdohanj (40) and Cernik (40) in Rijeka area, and in Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Austria (2), Germany (2), the United States (1), and to Switzerland (1). Family name Žeželić is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Zezelic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
