Surname Celić in modern Croatia

Celić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb. In Slivno in Sibenik every ninth inhabitant had the family name Celić.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Celić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Sibenik (60), Zagreb (30), Donja Reka (25), Pula (25), and in Umag (20).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (3), Sweden (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Celić (including: Zelic , Celic , Celich , Chelich , Cellich , Chelici , Chelick , Celick , Chelych and Zelicz ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Celic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in Italy. "Celich " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Cellich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Celić, Ratka Celić, Branko Celić, Andreja Celić, Robert Celić, Mirjana Celić, Andrea Celić, Serđo Celić, Goran Celić, Denis Celić, Krunoslav Celić, Alen Celić, Vesna Celić, Ivan Celić, Dijana Celić, Jakov Celić, Saša Celić, Božidar Celić, Suzana Celić

Mentions in sources

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

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