Jelinek families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area , less frequently Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Daruvar area. In Grabić in Slatina area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Jelinek.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Jelinek live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Koncanica in Daruvar area (15), Ilok (15), Slatina (10), and in Kutina (<10).
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.