Surname Blečić in modern Croatia

Blečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Blečić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 280 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (125), Zagreb (25), Lovran in Opatija area (15), Opatija (<10), and in Kastav (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Switzerland (3), Belgium (2), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Blečić (including: Blecic , Blecich and Blecick ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. The family name "Blecic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Hungary. "Blecich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy. "Blecick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nataša Blečić, Mario Blečić, Zdravko Blečić, Martina Blečić, Kajetan Blečić, Predrag Blečić, Iva Blečić, Boris Blečić, Miljenko Blečić, Mladen Blečić, Arno Blečić, Saša Blečić, Erika Blečić, Branko Blečić, Željko Blečić, Vivian Blečić, Zvonimir Blečić, Alen Blečić, Robert Blečić

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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