In Croatia, Corelli families are mainly Italians (from Pazin area ), less frequently Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Pazin area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Corelli live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved. They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Rijeka (10) and Viskovo in Rijeka area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.