Bacelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Sinj area. In Bračević in Sinj area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Bacelj.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Bacelj live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are only located in in 10 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Vedrine in Sinj area (45), Split (35), Tenja (15), Bracevic in Sinj area (<10), and in Osijek (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.