Surname Bjelić in modern Croatia

Bjelić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja , often Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks (iz Tuzla Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Bjelić live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 42 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Strmica (20), Osijek (15), Rijeka (15), and in Split (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (3), Austria (2), the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1), Australia (1), France (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Bjelić (including: Bielich , Bielicz , Bjelic , Bielic , Byelich , Bjelich and Byelick ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Bjelic " is used by some 200 people in Iraq , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Bjelich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Byelich " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragana Bjelić, Gordana Bjelić, Davor Bjelić, Zvonko Bjelić, Njegomir Bjelić, Ivana Bjelić, Adiba Bjelić, Miroslav Bjelić, Ljubica Bjelić, Esad Bjelić, Franjo Bjelić, Roman Bjelić, Mersad Bjelić, Tihomir Bjelić, Desa Bjelić, Zorica Bjelić, Darko Bjelić, Anto Bjelić, Edis Bjelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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