Surname Jelenčić in modern Croatia

Jelenčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Pavlovec Zabočki in Zabok every eighth inhabitant had the family name Jelenčić.

Prevalence

About 460 people with faimily name Jelenčić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Pavlovec Zabocki (25), Zabok (20), Slatina (15), and in Vrhovac (15).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), the United States (2), the United Kingdom (2), Germany (2), and to Australia (1).
Family name Jelenčić (including: Jelencic , Jelenchick , Yelenchic and Jelencich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Jelencic " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States. "Yelenchic " is used by few people in the United States. "Jelenchick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasenka Jelenčić, Lidija Jelenčić, Milan Jelenčić, Dejan Jelenčić, Ivan Jelenčić, Alen Jelenčić, Biserka Jelenčić, Dubravka Jelenčić, Danijel Jelenčić, Silvo Jelenčić, Dražen Jelenčić, Đurđica Jelenčić, Sandra Jelenčić, Josip Jelenčić, Ivica Jelenčić, Zvonko Jelenčić, Žaklina Jelenčić, Mirjana Jelenčić, Jelka Jelenčić

Mentions in sources

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

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