Only a few people with faimily name Jelic live in Croatia today, in households. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Opatija (<5) and Slano in Dubrovnik area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.