Generalić families are Croats and they are mostly from Split. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Generalić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Gata (25), Osijek (20), Omis (20), Split (15), and in Zagreb (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Generalić is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Generalic " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.