Surname Arelić in modern Croatia

Arelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area).

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Arelić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (45), Zagreb (30), Sesvete (<10), Donja Vrba in Slavonski Brod area (<10), and in Petrinja (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Arelić (including: Arelic , Harelick ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Harelick " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nataša Arelić, Ljubica Arelić, Anto Arelić, Josip Arelić, Ilija Arelić, Marko Arelić, Slavko Arelić, Ivan Arelić, Pero Arelić, Iva Arelić, Đurđica Arelić, Nada Arelić, Željka Arelić, Danijela Arelić, Anita Arelić, Ante Arelić, Zvonimir Arelić, Đuro Arelić, Stjepan Arelić

Mentions in sources

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.

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