Surname Elčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Elčić families are almost entirely Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Hrvatska Kostajnica area. In Mala Mlaka in Zagreb every ninth inhabitant had the family name Elčić.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Elčić live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Bobovje (<10), Majur in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<10), Vidovec Petrovski (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Donja Velesnja in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Elčić (including: Elcic , Elcich and Elchich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Zvonko Elčić, Đurđica Elčić, Srećko Elčić, Nikolina Elčić, Dražen Elčić, Marjan Elčić, Biserka Elčić, Robert Elčić, Valerija Elčić, Ivanka Elčić, Juraj Elčić, Katarina Elčić, Ivan Elčić, Tihana Elčić, Jalža Elčić, Ilija Elčić, Mira Elčić, Anka Elčić, Jela Elčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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