Surname Jelačić in modern Croatia

Jelačić families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Djakovo.

Prevalence

About 370 people with faimily name Jelačić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 540 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Selci Djakovacki (25), Split (20), Gradac in Ploce area (20), and in Veli Brgud in Opatija area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Germany (4), France (2), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Jelačić (including: Jelacic , Jelacich , Yelachich , Yelacic and Jelachich ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Jelacic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in Australia. "Jelacich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yelachich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Denis Jelačić, Davorka Jelačić, Zdenislav Jelačić, Mladen Jelačić, Vilim Jelačić, Marinela Jelačić, Marinko Jelačić, Davorin Jelačić, Željko Jelačić, Đevad Jelačić, Franjo Jelačić, Ljubica Jelačić, Vojko Jelačić, Vanda Jelačić, Đurđica Jelačić, Agnes Jelačić, Jasenka Jelačić, Zoran Jelačić, Josip Jelačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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