In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Jelićić live in Croatia today, in 0 households. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Split (<5) and Mihovljan in Krapina area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.