Surname Blekić in modern Croatia

Blekić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Grude area) and in Slavonski Brod. In Blaževići in Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Blekić.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Blekić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Slavonski Brod (15), Rijeka (10), Zadar (<10), and in Donji Andrijevci in Djakovo area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Blekić (including: Blekic , Blecic , Blecich and Blecick ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Blekic " is used by small number of people in Sweden , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Morocco. "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.

Characteristic first names

Vlatko Blekić, Mario Blekić, Marko Blekić, Muhamed Blekić, Mirsad Blekić, Vladimir Blekić, Mehmed Blekić, Jerko Blekić, Tihomir Blekić, Gvozden Blekić, Lejla Blekić, Ana Blekić, Petar Blekić, Anica Blekić, Frano Blekić, Abaz Blekić, Anto Blekić, Branko Blekić, Violeta Blekić

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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