Surname Gelenčir in modern Croatia

Gelenčir families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and in Daruvar area. In Mali Miletinac in Daruvar area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Gelenčir.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Gelenčir live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Nasice (15), Pozega (10), Hercegovac in Garesnica area (10), Podgorac in Nasice area (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gelenčir is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Jasenka Gelenčir, Zdenko Gelenčir, Željko Gelenčir, Josip Gelenčir, Stevo Gelenčir, Siniša Gelenčir, Mirko Gelenčir, Goran Gelenčir, Svjetlana Gelenčir, Ana Gelenčir, Ervin Gelenčir, Miroslav Gelenčir, Dražen Gelenčir, Klaudija Gelenčir, Renata Gelenčir, Nikola Gelenčir, Margita Gelenčir, Antun Gelenčir, Emica Gelenčir

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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