Surname Jelenić in modern Croatia

Jelenić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula. In Šivati in Pazin area every second inhabitant had the family name Jelenić.

Prevalence

About 820 people with faimily name Jelenić live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 740 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 92 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Pula (65), Stari Mikanovci in Djakovo area (55), Cakovec (45), and in Kozice (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), Australia (3), the United States (2), Canada (2), Sweden (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Jelenić (including: Jelenic , Jelenich , Yelenich , Yelenic , Yelenick , Jelenick , Yellenic , Jellenich and Ielenicz ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Jelenic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Jelenich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yelenich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Danica Jelenić, Sergije Jelenić, Marijan Jelenić, Srećko Jelenić, Antun Jelenić, Damir Jelenić, Stevo Jelenić, Josip Jelenić, Božidar Jelenić, Tanja Jelenić, Krsto Jelenić, Velimir Jelenić, Božo Jelenić, Jelena Jelenić, Vanja Jelenić, Izabel Jelenić, Milan Jelenić, Marica Jelenić, Mladen Jelenić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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