Surname Jelinčić in modern Croatia

Jelinčić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Zagreb. In Postira on the Island of Brac every ninth inhabitant had the family name Jelinčić.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Jelinčić live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Postira on the Island of Brac (85), Glavice (65), Split (40), and in Sinj (40).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), Austria (2), Argentina (2), Switzerland (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Jelinčić (including: Jelincic , Yelincic ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Jelincic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 80 in Chile , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Jakov Jelinčić, Mario Jelinčić, Pavita Jelinčić, Željko Jelinčić, Marin Jelinčić, Nikola Jelinčić, Boris Jelinčić, Igor Jelinčić, Stojanka Jelinčić, Neda Jelinčić, Snježana Jelinčić, Kristijan Jelinčić, Ivan Jelinčić, Luka Jelinčić, Ivica Jelinčić, Domenika Jelinčić, Ivo Jelinčić, Renata Jelinčić, Vedran Jelinčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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