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).
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.