Surname Ilenić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ilenić families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Velika Gorica. In Velika Mlaka in Velika Gorica every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Ilenić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Ilenić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 11 other places, mostly in Velika Mlaka (15), Zagreb (10), Prigorje Brdovecko in Zapresic area (<10), Brezik in Virovitica area (<5), and in Poljanica Bistranska in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ilenić (including: Ilenich , Ilenic , Elenich , Ellenich , Helenic , Helenick and Elenic ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Ilenich " is used by some 70 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Elenich " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , about 50 in the United States , and some 50 people in Russian Federation. "Ellenich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Ilenić, Vesna Ilenić, Franjo Ilenić, Štefa Ilenić, Marija Ilenić, Ilonka Ilenić, Vinko Ilenić, Barica Ilenić, Ivica Ilenić, Radovan Ilenić, Katarina Ilenić, Ivan Ilenić, Marijan Ilenić, Valerija Ilenić, Dubravka Ilenić, Irena Ilenić, Vlatka Ilenić, Marko Ilenić, Boris Ilenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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