Surname Colić in modern Croatia

Colić families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area and according to some sources from Sv. Petar na moru and Sv. Filip Jakov. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area. In Sveti Petar na moru in Biograd na moru area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Colić.

Prevalence

About 510 people with faimily name Colić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Sveti Petar na moru in Biograd na moru area (140), Zadar (105), Split (45), Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (45), and in Biograd na moru (30).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United Kingdom (3), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Colić (including: Zolic , Colic , Colich , Collick , Colicci , Coliche , Collic , Colick , Collich and Colici ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Colic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Colich " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Ecuador. "Colick " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Andy Colić, Boško Colić, Violeta Colić, Ervin Colić, Siniša Colić, Nevio Colić, Snježana Colić, Sanda Colić, Guste Colić, Anita Colić, Marija Colić, Silvija Colić, Vedran Colić, Sniježna Colić, Ivana Colić, Tihana Colić, Sanja Colić, Diana Colić, Denisa Colić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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