Surname Delać in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Delać families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In Vrpeć in Middle Bosnia every seventh inhabitant had the family name Delać.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Delać live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Knin (20), Veliko Svinjicko (<5), Trogir (<5), and in Vodice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Delać (including: Delac , Delach , Dellachà , Dellac , Delache , Delack , Delachi , Dellach , Delacth and Dellack ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Delac " is used by some 300 people in Mexico , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in France. "Delach " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in France , and small number in Venezuela. "Delack " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Delać, Ivica Delać, Anto Delać, Kristina Delać, Tonka Delać, Mijat Delać, Marko Delać, Vinko Delać, Željko Delać, Nediljka Delać, Filip Delać, Matija Delać, Stipe Delać, Katarina Delać, Mara Delać, Mirko Delać, Marijana Delać, Franjo Delać, Leon Delać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1736 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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