Surname Belić in modern Croatia

Belić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Prelog. According to some sources they are from Zagreb and from Saga u middle Bosnia, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Prelog.

Prevalence

About 850 people with faimily name Belić live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 70 other places, mostly in Zagreb (210), Prelog (80), Zrnovo on the Island of Korcula (40), Jelsa on the Island of Hvar (35), and in Zadar (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Australia (5), Germany (3), France (2), Sweden (2), Argentina (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Belić (including: Belich , Belic , Belicha , Beliche , Bellic , Belick , Belicci , Beliech , Belici and Belics ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. The family name "Belic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Libya , and some 80 people in Germany. "Belich " is used by some 600 people in Russian Federation , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Ukraine. "Beliech " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Belić, Tomica Belić, Ivan Belić, Željko Belić, Slavko Belić, Duilio Belić, Zvonimir Belić, Sandro Belić, Vajda Belić, Arjana Belić, Sandra Belić, Vedran Belić, Bosiljka Belić, Branko Belić, Mario Belić, Damir Belić, Kruno Belić, Lukin Belić, Meri Belić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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