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Surname Elez in modern Croatia
Elez families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Donje Ogorje in Sinj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Elez.
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Prevalence
About 600 people with faimily name Elez live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Split (210), Zagreb (50), Kastel Sucurac (45), Ruzic in Drnis area (40), and in Sibenik (40).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Elez (including: Elezzi , Hellez , Ellez and Helez ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Ellez " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Petar Elez,
Loris Elez,
Perica Elez,
Mile Elez,
Tihomir Elez,
Zlatko Elez,
Nada Elez,
Mirjana Elez,
Ranko Elez,
Branko Elez,
Mate Elez,
Nikolina Elez,
Davor Elez,
Ljubica Elez,
Toni Elez,
Goran Elez,
Mario Elez,
Snežana Elez,
Ante Elez
