Surname Cilić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cilić families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Cilić live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Dubrovnik (<5) and Split (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cilić (including: Zilic , Cilich , Cilic , Celic , Chelich , Cilici , Cellich , Chilici , Chelick and Cillick ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Cilic " is used by some 50 people in Moldova , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Romania. "Zilic " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 300 in Australia , and some 200 people in the United States. "Cillick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maris Cilić, August Cilić, Branislav Cilić, Franjo Cilić, Nives Cilić, Virginija Cilić, Lukša Cilić, Teo Cilić, Vinka Cilić, Dragan Cilić, Istočna Cilić, Ljubica Cilić, Luka Cilić

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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