In Croatia, Cvelić families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Krk and in Rijeka. In Milovčići on the Island of Krk every second inhabitant had the family name Cvelić.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Cvelić live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Porat (<10), Brzac (<10), Milovcici (<10) and Malinska (<5) on the Island of Krk, and in Rijeka (<5).