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Surname Jeleč in modern Croatia
Jeleč families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Zelenike in Bosanian Posavina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Jeleč.
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Prevalence
About 440 people with faimily name Jeleč live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (160), Slavonski Brod (30), Sesvete (25), Osijek (20), and in Zapresic (15).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Jeleč (including: Jelec , Yeleck and Yelec ) is present in 13 countries on three continents. "Yeleck " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Željko Jeleč,
Marica Jeleč,
Vjekoslav Jeleč,
Luka Jeleč,
Ilijana Jeleč,
Marjana Jeleč,
Pero Jeleč,
Miroslav Jeleč,
Ilija Jeleč,
Jozo Jeleč,
Dražen Jeleč,
Ivan Jeleč,
Mijo Jeleč,
Stipo Jeleč,
Robert Jeleč,
Gordana Jeleč,
Suzana Jeleč,
Anto Jeleč,
Mihaela Jeleč
