Surname Bili in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bili families are mainly Croats (from Ivanic-Grad area ), rarely Ukrainians (from Vukovar area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bili live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Petrovci in Vukovar area (<10), Donji Daruvar (<10), Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<5), Bjelovar (<5), and in Daruvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bili (including: Billi , Billie , Bieli , Bhili , Bilih , Bilii , Bbili , Bilie and Bielie ) is present in 158 countries worldwide. "Bielie " is used by few people in the United States. "Billie " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 500 in South Africa , and some 300 people in Indonesia. "Bielli " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 400 in Argentina , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dario Bili, Anita Bili, Marko Bili, Vanja Bili, Štefanija Bili, Lela Bili, Slavica Bili, Vlado Bili, Slavko Bili, Dalibor Bili, Josip Bili, Stjepan Bili, Radojka Bili, Željko Bili, Ivan Bili, Dragana Bili, Marija Bili, Mihajlo Bili, Jindra Bili

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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