Surname Jelavić in modern Croatia

Jelavić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac. According to some sources they are from Bosnia (Zenica). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac and Split. In Ravča in Vrgorac every second inhabitant had the family name Jelavić.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Jelavić live in Croatia today, in 630 households. There were 770 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 50 cities and 96 other places, mostly in Zagreb (310), Split (270), Podprolog (100), Vrgorac (75), and in Makarska (55).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jelavić (including: Jelavic , Yelavich , Jelavich and Yelavic ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Jelavic " is used by some 70 people in Australia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Jelavich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in New Zealand. "Yelavich " is used by some 100 people in New Zealand , about 80 in Australia , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Jelavić, Vladimir Jelavić, Toni Jelavić, Davorin Jelavić, Dragan Jelavić, Mladen Jelavić, Dalibor Jelavić, Vedran Jelavić, Iva Jelavić, Mila Jelavić, Jozo Jelavić, Jurica Jelavić, Filip Jelavić, Ivana Jelavić, Anja Jelavić, Mate Jelavić, Nikica Jelavić, Predrag Jelavić, Mario Jelavić

Mentions in sources

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

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