Jelaković families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. According to some sources they are from Selnika near Ludbrega. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Jelaković live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are only located in in 9 Croatian cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Luzan (15), Gornja Drenova (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Belovar (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jelaković is present in two countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.