Surname Heljić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Heljić families are predominantly Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), rarely Bosniaks (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Lukavac area) and in Middle Bosnia (Vitez area). In Huskići in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Heljić.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Heljić live in Croatia today, in four households only.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Labin (<5), and in Kapelica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Heljić is present in five countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Boris Heljić, Goran Heljić, Refija Heljić, Ešef Heljić, Renata Heljić, Alma Heljić, Dragan Heljić, Luka Heljić, Lovro Heljić, Tin Heljić, Mihael Heljić

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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