Surname Gilić in modern Croatia

Gilić 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 Sinj area and in Sinj. In Krivodol in Sinj area every third inhabitant had the family name Gilić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Gilić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Grab in Sinj area (85), Split (40), Zagreb (20), and in Trilj (10) and Donji Muc (10) in Sinj area.

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (7) and Australia (1).
Family name Gilić (including: Gillich , Gilich , Gillick , Gilick , Gielicz , Gilichi , Gillic , Gilicz , Giliche and Gilic ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Gilic " is used by small number of people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Gilich " is used by some 100 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Gilick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikica Gilić, Lada Gilić, Anđelina Gilić, Stanko Gilić, Vlasta Gilić, Ante Gilić, Zvonko Gilić, Miljenko Gilić, Tomislav Gilić, Marica Gilić, Milena Gilić, Marija Gilić, Goran Gilić, Marina Gilić, Mara Gilić, Nela Gilić, Miroslav Gilić, Luka Gilić, Zrinka Gilić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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