Surname Detelić in modern Croatia

Detelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Velika Gorica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Velika Gorica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Detelić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Busevec (55), Zagreb (30), Velika Gorica (15), Velika Mlaka (<10), and in Vranesevci in Slatina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Argentina (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Detelić (including: Detelic , Detelich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Detelich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Detelić, Danijel Detelić, Zdenko Detelić, Katica Detelić, Dubravko Detelić, Tanja Detelić, Dragica Detelić, Mirta Detelić, Tomislav Detelić, Marina Detelić, Danijela Detelić, Marijana Detelić, Marica Detelić, Ingrid Detelić, Dario Detelić, Jelena Detelić, Irena Detelić, Ivan Detelić, Mira Detelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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