Surname Ilijević in modern Croatia

Ilijević families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Petrinja.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Ilijević live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Otok in Vinkovci area (40), Donji Hrusevec in Velika Gorica area (20), Petrinja (15), Zagreb (15), and in Sisak (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ilijević (including: Ilijevic , Ilijevich and Iliyevich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Ilijevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lucijan Ilijević, Vlado Ilijević, Duško Ilijević, Ivanka Ilijević, Aleksandar Ilijević, Josip Ilijević, Dražen Ilijević, Luca Ilijević, Danijel Ilijević, Ivana Ilijević, Zoran Ilijević, Goran Ilijević, Helena Ilijević, Davor Ilijević, Tihomir Ilijević, Jana Ilijević, Dimitrije Ilijević, Tanja Ilijević, Davorka Ilijević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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